A new wave of cybercrime is turning physical mail into a digital trap, with research indicating that over 26 million people may have been lured onto malicious websites through deceptive QR codes.

A sophisticated phishing campaign impersonating WhatsApp Web uses fake meeting links and QR codes to hijack accounts and enable real-time surveillance. Explore Get the web's best business technology ...

Older adults are increasingly targeted by scams, with recent reports indicating they lose more money to fraud than any other age group, according to a community announcement. To help address this ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WTVY) - Phone calls made in the Wiregrass and other parts of southeast and central Alabama will be undergoing changes over the next two months. Beginning January 23, those that have ...

WARREN COUNTY — An area sheriff’s office has issued a warning about an increase in phone scams to start 2026. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a social media post about the recent increase ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Elizabethtown Police Department is warning of a new scam involving fake QR codes. An official-looking gift card is being found in Amazon packages, but it's a scam. The ...

Even now, face to face with his decimated savings, it’s hard to reconcile the five-month relationship he had with a Finnish woman in Florida with the elaborate scam it now clearly was. It felt ...

A Cle Elum-area resident nearly lost $700,000 to a wire fraud scam. The resident, who was trying to complete a legitimate real estate purchase, was targeted by scammers, the Kittitas County Sheriff’s ...

Chicago police are warning of a scam run by a group of men asking for donations or a "follow" on social media in a popular area of River North. A group of three to eight suspects are transferring ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, another scam! 7 On Your Side has been sharing the 12 Scams of Christmas, and now we unwrap the crooked QR code, it's part two ...

Mission Local has put together the following guide to accompany a piece on the rise of immigration scams across the Bay Area. You can read that piece here. Leer o escuchar en español. Want the latest ...