So long as you’re at least a pescetarian, some nice hot catfish with a ... using falsified info and images to create a fake persona in order to trick, harass, or scam someone.

True crime may have bucked the trend of overall decline in TV commissions in recent years, but shows about fraud, con artists and social media scams are on the rise rather ... when he served as head ...

wrong number scams can have a variety of different themes. Oftentimes, fraudsters will simply become catfish of sorts and try to cultivate long-distance, long-term friendships with the victim ...

you—and your bank account—can easily slip out of the situation scam-free, Spokeo explains. Typically, text message scams target your personal (i.e. financial) info pretty quickly.

A 30-year-old man from Kroonstad in the Free State has been arrested for allegedly ... handed over money in instalments to the alleged scammer, Francois Du Preez. Du Preez allegedly presented ...

Many would jump at the chance of taking home free chocolate - and unfortunately that is the latest ruse being used by online scammers. One scam shared on X earlier this year saw a victim ...

Scammers have devised thousands of tactics to dupe people. In one such tactic, they call potential victims while posing as relatives or friends of their relatives. They try to convince people that ...

Lee Graphics by Weiyi Cai Reporting from Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville, Cambodia Every few weeks, fireworks light up the night sky in Cambodia, set off by scammers to salute their biggest swindles.

Jenkinson's Easter Parade begins at 1 p.m. Sunday. Also on Sunday, Asbury Park hosts an Eggstravaganza for kids 10 and under.

The criminals pulled off their elaborate fraud by tricking Heitin into believing he was helping with a federal investigation that would put scammers ... into a stress-free retirement while ...