Scammers constantly change and adapt tactics. When E-Z Pass toll scams became a trending topic, scammers started sending DMV and speeding ticket collection texts instead. The latest ploy: sending scam ...

Acquaintances are likely to be more vital to your online job search than close friends or family, according to a new study. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard, ...

If you’ve ever been asked to like videos or rate product images to earn money online, you may have been a victim of an online task scam, and those scams are now on the rise, the Federal Trade ...

Bree Fowler writes about cybersecurity and digital privacy. Before joining CNET she reported for The Associated Press and Consumer Reports. A Michigan native, she's a long-suffering Detroit sports fan ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new wave of online scams is tricking people into thinking they’ve found easy money, only to leave them with empty wallets, the Federal Trade Commission said this week. According ...