AI is making scams targeting older Americans harder to detect, from voice cloning to convincing phishing messages. Five ...

A good rule of thumb is to be suspicious of any message that asks for money, gift cards or cryptocurrency, or that claims you have a speeding ticket or an arrest warrant. If the message demands ...

Account verification and account alert scams may be the most common scams in America, but there are ways to avoid them. Here, ...

Online scams have reached record levels, with billions stolen from victims each year. A new investigation from FRONTLINE and The Associated Press investigates how and why.

Your phone rings. It's your son's voice. Panicked. He says he's been in a car accident. He hurt someone. He's about to be arrested. He needs $15,000 wired before the end of the day, and please, don't ...

We’ve all been there. The text comes through at exactly the worst time: while you’re unloading groceries, racing out the door or about to shut it all down for bed. “Your package requires a redelivery ...

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A newly signed law saddles dating apps with a federal duty to help stop romance scams: They must warn users when someone who ...

From AI-powered scam detection to data removal and remote access blocking, here are the best tools to help protect your identity, money, and more. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, ...

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On Christmas Eve 2025, a group of Russian police officers on the outskirts of Moscow noticed a young man sitting in a parked car near a police station on the outskirts. Several officers approached the ...