Authorities are investigating a growing scam in which so-called "ghost students" use stolen IDs to enroll in college classes ...

Betesh’s story highlights a troubling trend. Cryptocurrency kiosks, a favorite tool for scammers, were used in scams that led to more than $333 million in reported losses in 2025, according to newly ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Japanese regulators last year were upset by a flood of ads for obvious scams on Facebook and Instagram. The scams ranged from fraudulent investment schemes to fake celebrity product ...

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, ...

Getting a brand-new iPhone should be a moment you enjoy. You open the box. You power it on. Everything feels secure. Unfortunately, scammers know that moment too. Over the past few weeks, we've heard ...

Suspicion, Lorraine Drive: On Nov. 29, a resident who had her identity stolen called police from what she believed to be the Lorraine Drive home of the scammer. The caller told dispatch the address ...

Online black markets once lurked in the shadows of the dark web. Today, they’ve moved onto public platforms like Telegram—and are racking up historic illicit fortunes. Now, all of that looks a bit ...

A shocking incident recently shook the crypto industry when Brooklyn authorities charged a man for allegedly stealing $16 million from users of Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN), the largest crypto trading ...

Cassandra Cross has previously received funding from the Australian Institute of Criminology and the Cybersecurity Cooperative Research Centre. With Christmas just around the corner, it can be a very ...

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 13: Brokerage firm Merrill Lynch at the World Financial Center. (Photo by Robert Rosamilio/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) Nina Mortellito, an 86-year-old New Yorker is ...

I don’t want to admit it, but I did spend a lot of money online this holiday shopping season. And unsurprisingly, some of those purchases didn’t meet my expectations. A photobook I bought was damaged ...

Not even Mega Millions, one of America's biggest jackpot games, is immune to scams. Lottery officials in the Mega Millions division issued a warning on Tuesday, Dec. 15, about "scammers who are ...