Browsing: Scams
A former Jefferies Financial Group hedge fund manager who was sued for allegedly defrauding the fund out of more than…
Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency, the FBI said in a…
Online extortion scams, when scammers make threats and demands to get your money, are becoming more frequent. In 2023, the…
Elderly Americans lose $28 billion a year to scams, and some are fighting back by learning to spot deepfakes, AI, and misinformation
The students — most with gray hair, some with canes, all at least in their 60s — couldn’t believe what…
Scammers have only become more sophisticated over time, stealing tens of billions from Americans annually, with the emergence of artificial…
A report out yesterday offers a sobering reminder of the perils of investing and trading in the currency of internet…
The number of reported data breaches in the U.S. increased to a record 3,205 in 2023, up 78% from 2022…
As the Paris Summer Olympics approach, fans are being advised to keep a careful eye out for scams targeting their…
Fraud has reached a ‘crisis level’ as overseas criminals use romance schemes and grandparent scams to steal life savings
The scammers are winning. Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime…
Two 39-year-old Estonian men are the alleged kingpins behind a massive half billion fraud targeting thousands of U.S. investors
The Department of Justice is advancing a case alleging that two men in Estonia cheated investors in a byzantine cryptocurrency…












