Over 330,000 government impersonation complaints were reported to the FTC in 2025, a 25% increase. Here's how SSA scams work ...

A new scam text message has been doing the rounds across the country, with the message purporting to be from Revenue. The latest scam tells the receiver that their ‘pre-approved 2024 tax credit ...

Illinois residents are receiving scam text messages claiming to have an outstanding parking violation in Cook County, which ...

It feels awful to be scammed. Unnerving to have a person's voice suddenly yelling at you right out of your computer. And you can't make it stop. "You've been hacked!" "You have pornographic material ...

TRICKS THEY ARE USING TO GET YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. YOU TURN ON YOUR LAPTOP OR YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE A VERY FRIGHTENING MESSAGE. SOMETIMES WITH A BLARING AUDIBLE ...

Tech giants join forces to fight online scams with AI, data sharing and new protections. Here’s what it means for your safety ...

Scammers aren’t a popular bunch, and you likely have a long list of grievances you’d love to hurl in their direction if you ever met one face to face. That said, “you never call anymore” isn’t one of ...

Google is going to court to help put an end to, or at least limit, the prevalence of phishing scams over text message. Scam texts have been a nuisance for a long time, but they've become increasingly ...

Philadelphia Courts officials issued a consumer fraud warning about a text messaging scam accusing recipients of failing to pay road toll violations on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and requesting penalty ...

Phone scams aren’t the only threat anymore — scam text messages (also called “smishing”) are exploding in frequency and in financial damage. According to recent FTC data, Americans lost over $470 ...