Even savvy consumers can be conned into handing over money if scammers gin up a sense of panic. Learn the signs before it’s ...

American consumers lost more than $12 billion to fraud and scams in 2025. Financial scams are everywhere these days, and unfortunately, they’re not always easy to identify. On top of that, some ...

As currently written, the bill would make victims tax-exempt on money lost to scams starting Jan. 1, 2026.

1. Tech Support Scam: This is the most common scam targeting older adults. Fraudsters pose as IT specialists from well-known companies like Microsoft or Apple, often using pop-up alerts, emails or ...

FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS. NEVILLE THANK YOU. WE HAVE A SCARY SCAM TO WARN YOU ABOUT. IT IS TARGETING PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS. OLATHE POLICE SAY THERE WERE TWO CASES WHERE SCAMMERS CALLED PARENTS AND ...

Losing money to a scam is bad enough, but some scammers take it even further — tricking victims into paying again with false promises of recovering their lost money. These scams are becoming more ...

A trio of Southern California swindlers was arrested for allegedly perpetrating a tricky ATM scam that left their victims cashless and confused. The three Romanian-born suspects are accused of fooling ...

The median reported loss for romance scams was $2,218 in the third quarter of 2025. Romance scammers will frame their pitch one way for a 25-year-old woman and another for a 55-year-old divorced male, ...

Amazon Prime customers are the latest group of consumers to be targeted by scammers, cybersecurity experts say. According to a Feb. 4 X post from Guardio Security, hackers are impersonating Amazon's ...

The median reported loss for romance scams was $2,218 in the third quarter of 2025. Romance scammers will frame their pitch one way for a 25-year-old woman and another for a 55-year-old divorced male, ...