Older Americans reportedly lost $1.6 billion to fraud in 2022, according to the Federal Trade Commission, and many scams are utilizing AI technology to clone the voices of people they knew and other ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A new study shows online scammers have broken the $10 billion annual mark for the first time. In 2022, $10.3 billion was stolen by scammers, up from $7 billion in 2021. The ...

Cryptocurrency scams cost Americans more than $2.3 billion in 2022, FBI’s internet crime data revealed. California was the worst-hit state with almost one out of every five victims belonging to The ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's latest elder fraud report found U.S. senior citizens were robbed of more than $1 billion through cryptocurrency scams last year, a staggering 78% increase from ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – More than 10,000 North Carolinians lost $175 million to internet scams in a record year for ripoffs across the U.S., a new study says. “A record $10.3 billion was lost by ...

In 2022, the top five reported types of text message scams cost consumers $330 million. That’s according to a new analysis from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that analyzed those cons. The FTC ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Love may not cost a thing, in theory, but it cost romance scam victims a record $1.3 billion in the U.S. last year. A recent study by Social Catfish found that romance scam ...

Dozens of so-called scam political action committees were detected during the 2022 midterm elections, raising concerns about political swindling targeting vulnerable voter groups once again during the ...

New York is looking for love in all the wrong places, apparently — but a couple other states get burnt far worse by fake loves. According to a study from the online investigative service Social ...

The police said they seized cash and over 80 pieces of jewellery, luxury bags and watches. Read more at straitstimes.com.