Sizable shares also say they have personally experienced such scams. Overall, 36% of U.S. adults say they’ve ever bought an item online that either never arrived (31%) or was counterfeit (17%) and was ...

2020 was a lot of things, including a banner year for online scam artists. The Federal Trade Commission says Americans were scammed out of $304 million in 2020, a 50% increase from 2019. Tom Ernsting ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased demand for pets, as people seek adding a pet to the family to ease the loneliness and tension of prolonged time at home. Many ...

There was a five-year high in terms of financial losses stemming from internet-related crime, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Newsweek ...

The highest numbers of scams were in California, Florida and Texas. Senior citizens lost almost $1 billion in scams in 2020, according to an FBI report released this week. A total of 105,301 people ...

Dear Savvy Senior: Can you offer some tips to help seniors guard against census scams? With the 2020 census gearing up, I’ve read that there are a lot of potential scammers out there looking to take ...

It’s a sad fact, but true — so many of today’s most common scams work by preying on and exploiting trust, and our most human emotions. And that’s even more true when it comes to online dating scams ...