Michigan and other states are slapping tougher penalties on gift card scammers. Why you don't want to answer innocuous texts ...

"When we got to the house, he was able to get us into the house with the keypad and everything. So that's what made it very believable." A Peninsula family was lured into a brutal rental scam. The ...

Scammers are using multiple methods to exploit people into giving up money or personal information ahead of the 2026 midterm election.

An FBI agent discusses the latest ways scammers are separating you from your money – and how to avoid getting conned.

Americans 60 and older lost more than $7.7 billion to scams last year, and AI is making the cons harder to spot. I spoke to ...

Our survey of 1,000 people reveals that more than half of them are more terrified of fake texts and impersonation fraud than ...

In the new National Geographic documentary "Super Scam Me," investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller shows how easy it is ...

The FBI recorded 1,008,597 complaints in 2025, with reported losses of nearly $21 billion. Confidence and romance fraud accounted for approximately $929 million of that total.

Spokeo reports that scams affect all age groups, with younger adults more frequently reporting losses, while older adults ...