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If you’ve had the nagging feeling that scam calls and messages have gotten worse over the last few years, you’re actually correct. Americans reported losing a total of $3.5 billion to imposter scams ...

A text message offering free tickets to see President Donald Trump at next week’s Republican convention in Dallas may look suspicious, but convention organizers say the offer is legitimate. The ...

An Oakland woman was shaken down for all she was worth after a scammer posing as a Charles Schwab employee called her frantically. The woman, Jazz Powell-Loggins, told ABC 7 the scheme started when ...

PETALING JAYA: More than 5,000 QR code scam cases have been recorded from January to June this year, leading to nearly RM30mil in losses. Known as “quishing”, this scam tactic has risen sharply since ...

Paying for parking is annoying enough without accidentally paying a scammer instead. On Thursday, Sept. 3, the Federal Trade Commission issued a new warning about fake QR codes popping up on parking ...

Have you ever tried to pay for parking and discovered you need to scan a QR code to pay? It's a convenient way to pay, but it turns out scammers like using QR codes too. As more communities are using ...

From January 2025 to July 2026, the FBI received nearly 61,000 complaints regarding officer impersonation scams.

I don’t know if you’ve noticed—honestly, I hope you haven’t!—but scams are starting to get scarily sophisticated. And that means they’re tougher and tougher to spot, even for the more savvy land ...

Dear Abby: Several weeks ago, I got a phone call from a stranger. She asked if I was the “Steve Hall” who had been in the Marines, and whom she remembered from high school. I told her I was not, and ...

COLUMBIA, S.C.—When Art Monk began getting calls and texts from In & Out Bail Bonds saying his adult child was in jail and needed help, Monk’s first reaction was swift and harsh. Their relationship ...