How many times have you gotten a message or letter and wondered if it’s a scam? A new free website aims to give you a quick answer. “We’ve seen a massive uptick in volume in scams in the United States ...

Phishing scams have always tried to trick you into clicking malicious links, often relying on scare tactics — fake bank alerts, IRS threats, parking tickets, the works. The new playbook is a little ...

When facts are stranger than fiction, pundits will say, “You can’t make this stuff up.” But actually, you can make this stuff up — that turns out to be the Left’s modus operandi. A grand jury has ...

A new lawsuit alleges that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, misled users about the company's efforts to prevent scams on its platforms. The Consumer Federation of America (CFA), a ...

Hackers are spoofing Paperless Post, Evite and Punchbowl to creep into your hard drive. By Steven Kurutz When John Lantigua, a retired journalist in Miami Beach, checked his email one recent morning, ...

Crypto scammers are targeting the thousands of ships stranded near the Strait of Hormuz—and at least one ship that faced Iranian gunfire may have been tricked into believing it had paid Iran for safe ...

Meta is facing a new lawsuit over its advertising practices. The nonprofit group Consumer Federation of America (CFA) has filed a proposed class-action suit against Meta for "failing to protect users" ...

Scammers pose as trusted bank officials and pressure victims to withdraw cash and send it through untraceable methods like Bitcoin. They create urgency and coach victims, making it hard for banks to ...

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. The Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán, who lost his election in a landslide on Sunday after 16 years in power ...

Chinese nationals are arrested during a police raid on suspicion of running an online love scam syndicate that ensnared hundreds of victims, in Indonesia's Riau Islands province. Chinese nationals are ...

iPhone users are the target of a new scam. The quickly spreading threat, detailed in a warning from data research site Consumer Affairs, uses messages — including fake “Apple Pay fraud alerts” — and ...

Apple warns of a new scam targeting millions of iPhone users. Learn the red flags, how it works, and how to protect your account and finances. Apple has issued a warning to its global user base as a ...