According to the FTC, fraud losses hit $15.9 billion in 2025. Imposter scams led in sheer number of reports, but investment scams caused the steepest financial damage.

Call your bank’s customer care or use the mobile app. Block your debit/credit card. Disable UPI, net banking, or mobile ...

A man lost $10k after a text job scam lured him into uploading apps and paying with crypto. Learn the warning signs of task ...

CHICO — A reader recently sent me an email regarding an unusual transaction from her “bank” on a Sunday, which got me wondering: are certain scams more likely to appear outside of business hours? This ...

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Beware of Fake Payment Requests – Here’s How Scammers Are Stealing Your Money With the rise in digital payments, UPI frauds have also surged, and the latest trick used by scammers is Pull Transaction ...

Spokeo reports seven common scams on OfferUp, including fake invoices, overpayment scams, and counterfeit profiles, and ...

APP fraud is on the rise. According to Finextra, the total number of APP fraud cases was up 22% in 2023 compared to 2022. In fact, APP fraud is now the number one payments threat and are expected to ...

Financial scams targeting seniors are exploding, with both the number of victims and dollar amount of losses doubling over the last four years, writes Rolland Johannsen, of Capital Performance Group.

Retail has spent the last decade perfecting frictionless commerce through one-click checkouts, instant refunds and no-questions-asked returns. But the same systems designed to remove doubt and delay ...

Fraud detection is a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, with retail businesses continually adapting to outsmart increasingly sophisticated fraudsters. As ecommerce losses from online payment fraud ...

The 2023 LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study – Asia Pacific finds that fraud costs APAC-based businesses nearly quadruple the face value lost in fraudulent transactions. In Australia, 66% of companies ...