Multiple Grubhub users have reported receiving scam emails Tuesday evening asking recipients to send bitcoin as part of a ...

Phishing scams that mimic real companies like American Express can slip into your inbox looking almost legitimate. The best way to stay safe is to create strong digital habits that protect your ...

Opening your email or text messages can feel like wading through a minefield with all the scams that litter your inbox. Seventy-three percent of American adults have experienced an online scam or ...

Selling your car online should be simple. Lately, though, more sellers are running into fake "vehicle report" demands from so-called buyers. The pitch looks routine, yet it leads straight to a payment ...

About a month ago, I received a scam email that almost tricked me. It purported to be from PayPal, alerting me to an almost $1,000 charge that was “logged to a new profile.” The message implied that ...

Do you think scammers should be hung, drawn, and quartered, or do you think hanging, drawing, and quartering them would be too light a punishment? Do you think scammers should be hung, drawn, and ...

Internet scams have evolved alongside technology, from crude text-based deceptions in the 1990s to sophisticated AI-powered frauds that can convincingly impersonate voices and faces, making them ...

Though many federal agencies have fraud-prevention responsibilities, no one agency has the authority to coordinate such efforts. The government needs to make a plan to address scams as a national ...

The study, based on a U.S. Census-balanced survey of 15,110 adults between Sept. 9 and Sept. 22, 2025, found that nearly one in five U.S. adults (19%) have been scammed in the past five years.