Scammers tend to target people who have worked hard, built savings, and value trust—and that’s why those over 50 are often at ...

Fraud has no season, but scammers know that the days leading up to April 15 are a terrific time of the year to engage in tax scams and schemes. Anyone who is distracted when they're worrying about ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ experiences with and views of online scams and attacks. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,397 adults from April 14 to 20, 2025.

Scam protection. From James Hattori CNNdotCOM Correspondent (CNN) -- Buyer, beware of scams. Half of all Internet fraud complaints are related to online auctions, ...

Scammers have already misused the names of such firms as Latham & Watkins, Dechert, and DLA Piper, according to the U.K. Solicitors Regulation Authority. Criminals are hijacking the names of top law ...

Scams are big business: every year, criminals steal billions of dollars from people of all ages. And when these criminals target older adults—which they often do—even more is at stake. Scammers steal ...

Discover how betting fraud affects online players in 2025, with scams, identity theft, and payment fraud rising across ...

Fraud has no season, but scammers know that the days leading up to April 15 are a terrific time of the year to engage in tax ...

Cybercriminals and online scammers stole a record $16.6 billion last year, the FBI said Wednesday. The figure, from the FBI’s annual Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report, is a sharp rise from ...

One tax scam encourages people to create fake W-2 forms. Fake emails impersonate the IRS, state tax agencies, and software companies. Fraud has no season, but scammers know that the days leading up to ...