The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau (BBB) says online shopping scams were the most frequently reported scam to BBB Scam Tracker in 2025 by Wisconsinites.

Online scams are evolving faster than ever, exploiting AI, social engineering, and current events. From phishing emails to fake websites and crypto investment fraud, scammers leverage urgency, fear, ...

Tax scams target Americans starting in January using personal data from brokers to create fake IRS emails and refund alerts ...

Shoppers reported paying for flowers that arrived late, were damaged, didn't match pictures online – or in some cases, didn't arrive at all.

Without meaningful deterrents, Big Tech companies will do what's profitable, regardless of the cost to consumers. But a new bipartisan bill could add a check that would make them think twice, at least ...

Older adults lost $2.4 billion in scams in 2024, four times higher than the $600 million lost in 2020, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Online scams, or cyber scams, are one common way that ...

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and new AARP research shows nearly one in ten adults age 50 and older have been targeted by an online romantic connection who asked for money or promoted a ...

Ordering flowers for Valentine's Day? Don’t procrastinate, or you may end up falling for a scam. The BBB.org/ScamTracker has received numerous reports from shoppers ...

The emotional and financial stressors of wedding planning can make recently engaged couples more vulnerable to fraud. Here's ...

What stuck out to me was definitely how legitimate it looked. When Gabriel Ackman and his fiance were moving, they turned to Facebook Marketplace to sell items they didn't want to take with them. We ...

Romance scams are surging ahead of Valentine’s Day, with hundreds of thousands of malicious links and fake dating app downloads blocked in just the past mo ...