Phoney job ads sent via text and WhatsApp claim to offer lots of money to complete tasks in your own time. These scams are typically used by fraudsters to groom you into an elaborate scam. Recently, ...

Americans lost $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, including over $5.7 billion in investment scams alone, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Even as government agencies and nonprofits work to ...

Customers at three banks lost over $870 million to scams on Zelle since it launched in 2017, according to a lawsuit filed by the Consumers Financial Protection Bureau. Banking giant JPMorgan Chase ...

As the 2025 tax season unfolds, the Internal Revenue Service has unveiled its annual "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams. This list highlights the most prevalent scams taxpayers need to be wary of and ...

Unpaid toll scam texts are on the rise, tricking thousands into sharing personal and financial details. Known as "smishing," this scam mimics real toll agencies, sending fake messages with urgent ...

The scams ranged from outright fake businesses to legitimate accounts that had been hacked or hijacked. "Once we're alerted to the actual fraud, we take extreme efforts to identify similar ...

Text messaging scams are rising beyond fake E-ZPass, EZDriveMa or other road toll collection services seeking immediate payments of unpaid tolls and fines. 'Smishing' text fraud has invaded cell ...

Despite a weeks-long multinational crackdown, scam centres along the Thai-Myanmar border are still operating with up to 100,000 people working there, according to the top police general leading ...

SINGAPORE – Five Malaysian men who were recruited by a transnational syndicate behind a “fake friend scam call” ruse targeted at least 70 Singapore-based victims, causing more than $164,000 ...

More than 850 people between the ages of 15 and 77 are being investigated by the Malaysia and Singapore police following a month-long anti-scam operation. The suspects are believed to be involved ...

What is an email scam? Email scams, also known as 'phishing' scams, have become increasingly common as fraudsters come up with new ways to try and steal your personal information and bank details.