The Internal Revenue Service issued a memo last month that said victims of certain impersonation and investment schemes might be eligible for a tax break.

An elderly Hingham resident fell victim to an email phishing scam, costing her thousands of dollars. According to police, an ...

Americans reported losing more than $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, a 25% increase over the previous year, according to Federal Trade ... a growing number of scams, says the Fed.

The many, many crypto scams are testament to the danger of investing in cryptocurrency.

The scam disruption service also aims to reduce consumer losses ... transaction — the merchant bank can bear some of the costs. A 2023 report from the Federal Reserve Board found that merchants ...

By the fall, all federal departments and agencies will phase out the use of paper checks and switch to electronic payments, ...

An Alabama couple lost thousands of dollars after answering a call from a Bitcoin scammer pretending to be a federal agent.

New appreciation for the importance and broader application of blockchain technologies has raised expectations that the US will become “the crypto capital of the world.” ...

Check fraud, mail theft and identity scams have exploded in recent years ... until the early 20th century following the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, according to a historical survey by the ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James urged lawmakers on Thursday to pass legislation to create a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, arguing that digital asset investors urgently ...

Like many scams do, this one begins with a phone call ... money to a ‘safe’ third-party account like one with the Federal Reserve or other government agency. The victim is then instructed ...