Snap beneficiaries, federal workers, and more are impacted by this shutdown, and scammers could also be taking advantage of this time.

FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak delivers a simple, powerful rule for spotting scams: if someone unexpectedly tells you to pay or move your money to fix a “problem,” it’s a fraud. Real officials will ...

Adults aged 60 and older were more likely to report extraordinarily high losses. An 18-year-old consumer in Michigan lost $4,800 this summer to a 'transfer it to protect it' scam after receiving an ...

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 ...

An impersonation scam, or imposter scam, is when a criminal pretends to be someone they aren't to get access to your money or financial information. A new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC ...