A new type of phone call scam using Near-Field Communication (NFC) is sweeping across the US and Europe - including Spain.

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The FTC reported last month that 2.6 million consumers collectively reported losses of $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, though the agency's definition of "fraud" in that report includes what other ...

The Buckeye State is ranked the No. 1 worst state in the nation for calls and text messages with the highest number of complaints per capita, according to findings from SMS marketing platform Textla.

What has bubbled up in place of a comprehensive, coordinated scam-fighting operation is a patchwork system spread across agencies, including the FBI, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the ...

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