The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is investigating a surge in scams where fraudsters impersonate officers, attorneys, and family members to trick residents into paying thousands of dollars.In the ...

Artificial intelligence has become startlingly good at faking reality. With just 15 seconds of audio, it can clone a person’s voice; with a short prompt, it can generate videos that look ...

Authorities are warning the public about a scam involving fake court notices that appear to come from the Superior Court of California and demand immediate payment through QR codes or other unofficial ...

TAYLORSVILLE – The Utah Department of Public Safety is warning about a new scam that hit the phones of Utahns on Thursday. The message contained what purported to be a "final court-ordered mandatory ...

The Telegram-based Xinbi Guarantee black market sells services that help prop up scam operations. British officials just hit the highly lucrative marketplace with sweeping sanctions. On Thursday, the ...

Even as fraud has become increasingly sophisticated amid the rise of e-commerce and online banking, many victims still fall prey to old-school phone scams. Phone scams come in many forms, ranging from ...

Cybercriminals are increasingly using fake CAPTCHA prompts to trick users into enabling malware and scam notifications. Security experts warn the tactic is spreading rapidly through ads, pirated ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the landscape of fraud, making it easier than ever for scammers to impersonate real people, create fake identities and replicate legitimate websites, ...

Older adults have become one of the fastest-growing targets for cybercrime. From pension and investment fraud to romance scams and increasingly convincing AI-driven deepfakes, attackers are finding ...

Americans lost some $10 billion to online scammers in Southeast Asia in 2024. Cambodia, in particular, has been warned to clean up its act in recent months. The U.S. Treasury Department says the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Drivers across several U.S. states, including Colorado, Texas, and Hawaii, are being warned about a surge in scam text ...

Scammers take control of the situation by getting consumers to move quickly — before anyone can really think through something. 'People should be extremely leery of any kind of call or any kind of ...