It can start with a phone call that sounds like a loved one, or maybe it's an email that looks like it's from your bank.

Respondents offered many good ideas: Try to recover the money. Focus on positive things in your life. Forgive yourself for ...

We tend to assume scam victims simply "believed the unbelievable." However, my research published in Social Epistemology ...

Spam messages can be annoying, but there is a way to fight back. Here are 5 ways to block spam texts.

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Regulators are looking into fake app listings and search results that facilitate financial fraud.

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Cybercriminals have tricked X’s AI chatbot into promoting phishing scams in a technique that has been nicknamed “Grokking”. Here’s what to know about it.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Knox County man says he invested more than $800,000 in cryptocurrency, only to find out the whole thing was a scam. He says the feds have located his money, but the funds are still ...

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