A 71-year-old Sequim resident fell victim to a sophisticated scam, losing $125,000 after being deceived by people posing as ...
If you're a smartphone user, chances are you've received a text message claiming you need to pay for unpaid tolls and E-ZPass ...
With just mere seconds of audio, artificial intelligence voice cloning programs can make a copy of a voice, virtually ...
Americans lost $5.7 billion to investment fraud in 2024, up 24% from 2023, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
The text may have urgent language or appear from a legitimate source. That's by design, and it could be to your detriment.
Common scams pulling in more money, BBB says from 41NBC News | WMGT-DT According to the Better Business Bureau, scams pulled ...
This tactic, known as “smishing”— a portmanteau of “SMS” and “phishing” — targets people using text messages to trick people ...
A 25-year-old woman has been arrested in a sting operation after deputies say she stole $125,000 from a 71-year-old in an ...
A round of text scams is making its way to the phones of central Ohioans, and it involves “unpaid parking infractions.” According to the City of Columbus, its Parking ...
Andrew Ferguson took over as FTC Chairman on Jan. 21. Nearly two months in, and Chairman Ferguson’s FTC is slowly taking shape. Consumer ...
New Federal Trade Commission data shows consumers reported losing more than $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, which represents ...
The FBI is warning people about the latest phone scam and giving advice on how to tell it's fake. It's another day, and ...