Google your name and see what scammers find in seconds. Public records, data brokers and social media expose your personal ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - The holiday season isn’t just a busy time for shoppers; it’s prime time for scammers. According to McAfee Labs, one in three Americans has fallen victim to an online scam ...

While financial scams have always been around, the variety of schemes that scammers employ to steal money are easily proliferated these days with the internet, social media, AI and crypto. Frauds and ...

Most people assume scammers need to hack something. A database. A password. A bank system. They don't. In most cases, everything a scammer needs to target you is already sitting online, publicly ...

There’s scientific evidence that as we age, our brains may physically change in a way that makes some, but not all of us, more vulnerable to financial exploitation. In 2019, “Marketplace Morning ...

Across the country, scammers continue to find success — particularly with older residents and their families — with a seemingly endless supply of techniques for separating people from their ...

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The IRS publishes an annual "Dirty Dozen" list to warn taxpayers about common scams like phishing and ghost tax preparers. Scammers often use personal information found on data broker websites to make ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Honolulu Police Department is seeking community help in locating scammers who are preying on kupuna. Police said that between January and June of this year, an ...

If you're one of the thousands of good Samaritans looking to pitch in and make a donation to help victims of the recent Southern California wildfires, be careful: scammers are already trying to take ...