If you’re an honest person, it may be difficult for you to believe that someone would scam you. Internet scammers can be slick enough to convince you they’re someone they’re not. Only you can protect ...

With the holiday season upon us, many of us will go online to do our Christmas shopping, reach out to old friends and relatives and send a few dollars to those in need. Yet among all the warm holiday ...

Even tech-savvy and experienced internet users can fall victim to online scams. Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, using technology and psychology to exploit trust and emotions. Fake ...

Holiday shopping creates a perfect storm for cybercriminals. The FBI says scammers target Gmail, Outlook and nearly every other inbox this time of year as they push fake messages that trick you into ...

An internet scammer nearly took me for $155 this month. If it can happen to someone who routinely writes about scams, it can happen to anyone. The scam began with an email praising my first book, ...

UK sanctions Xinbi crypto platform linked to Southeast Asia fraud networks, targeting stolen data marketplaces and ...

An FBI alert and new fraud data by Entrust show criminals are increasingly using AI-generated deepfake videos to escalate kidnapping and extortion scams, raising new risks for consumers and families.

Criminals are routing cyberattacks through ordinary households using residential proxy networks. Learn how devices get ...

Claire, a 24-year-old student of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism never imagined a simple online purchase could cost her ...

ALBANY — Online shoppers felt cheated. Renters were exploited. Car buyers got burned. In 2025, New Yorkers filed nearly 30,000 complaints with the state attorney general’s office, a snapshot of an ...

By Kazeem UgbodagaPresiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo, has issued a stern warning to young Nigerians, declaring that internet fraud, sports betting and drug-related ...