HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Harris County Precinct 3 Constable Sherman Eagleton is warning the public about a “dangerous” online scam targeting residents. In a social media post Friday, Eagleton said ...

Financial losses caused by AI fraud are skyrocketing, especially among adults over 60. Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash The phone rings, and it’s your grandson’s shaken voice. There’s been an ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) – Consumer watchdog groups are issuing a warning about a new phishing scam targeting patients on MyChart, the online portal used by many hospitals and health care providers.

The emergence of artificial intelligence has given a boost to cybercrime gangs that are coming up with bolder and more sophisticated schemes to scam people out of their money. Here is The Epoch Times’ ...

TAMPA, Fla.—The sheriff’s deputy chatted breezily over the phone about his three young daughters as Kimberly Fudge drove through gritty streets and lush Florida byways on a grim errand: gathering ...

Americans have been taken with scams for years. Now, the word is being used for any system that ends with somebody profiting at their expense. By Nitsuh Abebe The word “scam” keeps getting more ...

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General is issuing this fraud alert to highlight new tactics recently adopted by perpetrators of the asphalt sealer scam. This scam ...

Online scams are an ever-present threat, costing Americans nearly $119 billion a year. It’s not just happening on the internet either. Robocalls and text scams hit a six-year high in 2025. Now, with ...

In 2024, Americans reported losing $470 million to scams that started with texts, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Text scams are also becoming harder to detect with AI. Knowing what to look ...

A chilling new scam uses AI to clone your child's voice, tricking parents into paying ransom. Here's how the horror unfolds—and how to avoid it. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, ...

Clicking a captcha "I am not a robot" box and identifying images to prove it is second nature for many internet users. Now, cybercriminals are exploiting people's comfort with the routine to scam them ...