The WGAL News 8 On Your Side team has gathered the top 5 most common scams of 2025. Out of the thousands of calls and emails we get from our viewers about scams every year, here are the most popular.

May 13—Older adults are losing billions of dollars to scammers as fraud schemes grow more sophisticated, more personal and harder to spot — leading to a fourfold increase in losses over four years, ...

Scam texts are becoming more sophisticated. Learn how to spot the warning signs, avoid common schemes, and protect yourself ...

Security experts are sounding the alarm after a new wave of Medicare "verification" scam calls started hitting phones across the country, and this time, the trick feels especially sneaky. Scammers no ...

American consumers lost more than $12 billion to fraud and scams in 2025. Financial scams are everywhere these days, and unfortunately, they're not always easy to identify. On top of that, some ...

Older adults are losing billions of dollars to scammers as fraud schemes grow more sophisticated, more personal and harder to spot — leading to a fourfold increase in losses over four years, federal ...