The 'scam economy' keeps growing, as fraudsters steal money through wire transfers, gift cards, payment apps and ...

Fraud losses reported by people 60 and older climbed to nearly $2.4 billion in 2024, quadrupling since 2020 Investment scams—often tied to social media pitches—drove the biggest losses, while phone ...

I know you warn people never to give out their personal information, but since this past Christmas, I have been blasted with phone calls from callers who claim to be from some fake government agency ...

From fake delivery alerts to phony bank fraud notices, phone scams are becoming more common each year. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) operates the “National Do Not Call Registry,” a list of phone ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — As Congress scrambles to push forward regulations for artificial intelligence, the Federal Trade Commission is taking matters into its own hands. The FTC announced last week ...

The call sounds official: a firm voice identifying itself as an IRS agent, a caller ID that displays a Washington, D.C., ...

Even as fraud has become increasingly sophisticated amid the rise of e-commerce and online banking, many victims still fall prey to old-school phone scams. Phone scams come in many forms, ranging from ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Farmers Telephone Cooperative says it has received reports of a scam in the form of fraudulent emails. The fraudulent emails are not sent from the FTC and may look similar to ...