Scams keep coming at us—and they’re getting harder to spot. How? Scammers have begun making them more tailored to their marks ...

Acting on the scammer’s instructions, the victim withdrew $10,000 from a teller in Norwood and handed the bag of cash to a ...

When a YouTube channel is taken over by cybercriminals, creators often have little recourse.

A scammer hacked the author's Social Security account and changed the Direct Deposit information without authorization. A quick visit to the local Social Security office allowed an agent to restore ...

A new Gmail security scam is on the rise, where bad actors impersonate Google's IT support to hack into your account and access personal or financial information. The latest scam comes weeks after the ...

Update Jan. 16 at 11 pm: This article has been updated to include responses from CertiK and PeckShield. Losses to crypto scams, exploits and hacks tapered off in the last months of 2024, with December ...

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You're sipping your morning coffee when your phone rings. It's a number you don't recognize. On the other end is someone claiming to be from your bank, asking you to "confirm a recent charge." Sound ...

On June 5, a Vicksburg Drive resident called police after making a startling discovery. The resident said someone had used their PayPal account to place two online orders totaling over $5,000. There ...

The Lazarus Group, the primary suspect behind the $1.4 billion Bybit hack, may also be linked to recent Solana memecoin scams, including rug pulls on the Pump.fun platform, according to onchain ...

You’re relaxing at home, winding down for the evening, when all of a sudden, your phone rings. It’s not a number you recognize, but the area code matches yours, so you pick up. Learn More: Dave Ramsey ...