The Safeguarding Consumers from Advertising Misconduct (SCAM) Act would require platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent ...

Scammers exploit extreme weather, impersonating utility companies or offering quick repairs. Learn how to spot these traps and protect your money.

Malwarebytes will scan the details and provide information about the sender, any available threat intelligence, and quick options to report it or review common warning signs. It will also tell you if ...

With 23% of America’s 52 billion robocalls categorized as scams, I feel like I’m gambling every time I decide to answer a call from an unknown number. And if it’s not you being taken for a ...

Scammers are sending phishing emails from a genuine Microsoft address. Here's why this scam is so effective and how you ...

If you love the holidays, I can promise you scammers love them even more. December is their Super Bowl, and one of the biggest scams this time of year involves fake shipping and delivery alerts. They ...

MONTPELIER — Vermonters made a total of 3,982 scam reports to the Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) in 2025 – an increase of 12 percent over the previous year. Leading the list for ...

Digital investment firm Betterment has fallen victim to a cunning social engineering attack that enabled cybercriminals to send fraudulent cryptocurrency promotions directly to customers through the ...

A retired lawyer thought he was calling Microsoft for tech support. But the phone number he found on Google didn’t connect him with Microsoft. Instead, the person who picked up the phone, "Alex," and ...

Older Americans are losing more money than ever to scams, according to a new Federal Trade Commission report to Congress, with losses climbing sharply over the past four years. The FTC’s 2024–2025 ...

An alleged scammer posing as a Coinbase help desk worker has reportedly stolen around $2 million in crypto from users of the exchange, according to blockchain sleuth ZachXBT. In an X post on Monday, ...