AI-driven job scams are targeting vulnerable job seekers, a former data analyst says. Awareness is the best course of action.

Scam calls and texts can be convincing, but here's what you should know to help you avoid falling for it.

If you’ve been scammed, it can feel impossible to navigate. Online scams result in lost funds, loss of access to important accounts or devices, damage to reputation and other harms. And with the rise ...

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What if one of the very steps you've been told to take to avoid scams is being used against you?

In 2025, victims lost $3.5 billion (1) to imposter scams. Now, CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman nearly became a victim of one of those scams. “I just got SCAMMED,” Matt Gutman posted in a ...

Surfshark has quietly launched a new mobile feature called Scam Text Protection that uses AI to detect phishing text messages in real time and route them away from your inbox before you ever have to ...

Consumers want to go directly to their financial institution to safeguard their account. You can report fraud, scams and bad business practices at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Consider initiating a credit ...

AI voice scams are no longer as niche as they once were. The technology is both cheap and convincing: a worrying combination that has lowered the barrier to entry for would-be scammers. According to a ...

“No legitimate law enforcement agency or district attorney will call you to demand money,” says Attorney General Jeff Jackson. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com Scammers are posing as law enforcement ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans are inundated with scam attempts on a daily basis — and about 3 in 10 have personally lost money or personal information to scams, according to a new AP-NORC survey.