With AI fueling new schemes, scams have become a booming business—and 2026 could be the most lucrative year yet. I show you how to spot them and stay safe.

Digital investment firm Betterment has fallen victim to a cunning social engineering attack that enabled cybercriminals to send fraudulent cryptocurrency promotions directly to customers through the ...

Your email has been sent Criminal organizations weaponized AI to make 2025 a very grim affair for cryptocurrency. Research released today (Jan. 13) by Chainalysis reveals scammers stole an estimated ...

A retired lawyer thought he was calling Microsoft for tech support. But the phone number he found on Google didn’t connect him with Microsoft. Instead, the person who picked up the phone, "Alex," and ...

The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office has charged 18-year-old Brya Hardy with theft by deception. She is accused of scamming thousands of dollars in child support from her ex-boyfriend. Investigators say ...

A Coweta County woman is accused of scamming an ex-boyfriend out of $7,000 in child support for a baby that was neither his nor hers. Hundreds arrested for DUI in Tennessee despite negative blood ...

Older Americans are losing more money than ever to scams, according to a new Federal Trade Commission report to Congress, with losses climbing sharply over the past four years. The FTC’s 2024–2025 ...

An alleged scammer posing as a Coinbase help desk worker has reportedly stolen around $2 million in crypto from users of the exchange, according to blockchain sleuth ZachXBT. In an X post on Monday, ...

Tech-support scams cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Seniors are particular targets of the crooks, sometimes losing their life savings. The scam often starts with a call, email, ...

Google is suing a Chinese-speaking cybercriminal group it says is responsible for a massive wave of scam text messages sent to Americans this year, according to a legal complaint filed Tuesday. The ...

SACO, Maine — Police arrested a Texas man Friday in connection with an organized technology support scam that targeted a Saco resident, according to the Saco Police Department. The scam involved ...