The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will not take consumers' fraud complaints or help them block spam calls, and it will not ...

The state is seeing an increase in reports of scams regarding the non-existent “State of Michigan Department of Motor ...

The FTC's fraud reporting website and registry that lets you opt out of telemarketing won't be available during the shutdown, the agency said.

Texting and messaging scam attempts have increased by 50 percent, according to Consumer Reports' 2025 Cyber Readiness Report ...

Knock knock! A new scam is making its way through neighborhoods, with individuals claiming Antioch’s tap water is unsafe to ...

Your inbox could contain real money—or a trap. I made two fake settlement claim sites in five minutes, and I'm here to tell ...

Scammers are impersonating the agency's Internet Crime Complaint Center. Here's how to be sure that you're going to the real site.

A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies.

Respondents offered many good ideas: Try to recover the money. Focus on positive things in your life. Forgive yourself for ...

Fake package delivery text messages like mine were the most common type of text scam. They may purport to come from FedEx, ...

A California woman is charged with defrauding a Santa Rosa County man out of over $200,000 in what's known as a "Pig ...

If you've recently received a parking ticket in Oakland, you may want to double check the paperwork. That's because drivers ...