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.

Spam texts have quietly become one of the most effective tools for scammers, blurring the line between annoying marketing and ...

How can you determine if it really is your bank trying to get in touch with you or whether a scammer is trying to access your ...

An email advertisement claims people can secure President Donald Trump’s $2,000 "tariff payout," claiming interested parties "must act" to secure the money.

Messages claiming you're due a tax refund are sent by scammers spoofing the IRS and other tax agencies. The FTC has some advice for making it safely through tax season.

HSBC has teamed up with legal chatbot Harvey AI as it continues to leverage AI across the bank. The strategic partnership will see the London-based banking group pilot the legal AI platform in its ...

A new warning has been issued for Verizon users awaiting confirmation of the refunds or credits due following the U.S.

HSBC, which has bank branches in Birmingham, said customers should "avoid buying gig, festival or sports tickets from anyone apart from official sellers or the box office." ...

A unit of KeyCorp will pay $7.77 million to resolve allegations that the large regional bank violated the federal False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent loans from the pandemic-era Paycheck ...

SOUTHGATE, Mich. (WXYZ) — A phishing scam is targeting people who have iPhones or use Apple Pay or Apple Cash. A woman from Southgate received a text about an Apple ...

CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE HAS THE ANSWER. A VIEWER NAMED CHARLES JUST SENT ME THIS TEXT MESSAGE THROUGH EMAIL. HE POINTED OUT THERE WERE NO MISSPELLINGS, AND SOME OF THE OTHER TELLTALE SIGNS ...

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 ...