Spokeo explains how catfishing + phishing leads to catphishing, which happens when the grift goes from messing with your ...

Claudia, people are noticing you.' While it might sound exciting, all it really means is that a stranger has clicked on my ...

A 70-year-old woman was duped out of roughly $11,000 during a years-long romance scam, Pennsylvania State Police report.

The victim had created a profile on Grindr a few months ago. In January, he connected with a user named Randy Armstrong, who ...

Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios Virginians got swindled out of a staggering $30 million in romance scams last year, according to reports filed with the FTC. Why it matters: It's just a fraction of the nearly ...

Romance scams and phishing weren’t far behind ... hitting all kinds of people with every trick in the book. But now, there’s a bit of good news. On February 13, the Australian parliament ...

Another social engineering scam that can leave you not only in financial ruin but also heartbroken, is a romance scam. These scams aren't always as elaborate as Netflix's "The Tinder Swindler ...

But financially, the top three costliest scams were investment fraud, spear phishing and romance scams. For this year's Fraud ... Voice cloning: Technology now allows fraudsters to use AI to clone a ...

Digital Forensics Corporation says it can help sextortion victims, but some former clients say they paid hefty fees and ...

While deepfake scams dominate headlines, AI is probably having the biggest impact in the background, helping scale the “logistical” side of fraud at unprecedented levels. What once took days, even ...

For decades, buses, subways, and trains were considered reliable and relatively safe ways to get around. But in many cities, public transportation now comes with concerns about crime, harassment, and ...

Meta, the company that owns these platforms, has warned about a rise in online scams, including romance fraud, fake celebrity accounts ... Instagram is also testing similar alerts, while WhatsApp now ...