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

Accounting for roughly 11 percent of the complaints is a different type of scam, which involves alleging victims did not fulfill their assigned jury duty or missed a court date, then threatening them ...

An Irrawaddy analysis of more than 9,300 recruitment ads shows U.S. victims remain the overwhelming focus as Myanmar’s scam industry adapts to crackdowns.

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S. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. – A second man has been charged in connection with a scam that led an elderly woman to buy and surrender more than a half million dollars worth of gold, the South Whitehall ...

MACON, Ga. — Crime dropped nationwide in 2025, according to the FBI, but the agency’s numbers do not always line up with crime data reported locally in Central Georgia. The FBI says violent crime fell ...

A QR code can lead to a legitimate payment page or a convincing fake, so consumers should inspect the physical code, check the web address, and verify the payment request before entering card ...

Financial losses caused by AI fraud are skyrocketing, especially among adults over 60. Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash The phone rings, and it’s your grandson’s shaken voice. There’s been an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(WJAR) — Last year alone, there were more than 3,300 data breaches in the United States. With so much of our personal information getting exposed in these breaches, Bentley University professor and ...