Using promises of love, overseas criminal networks use trafficked workers and AI to scam people out of their life savings.

People who have already been cheated out of money by a scam are being targeted a second time, this time by con artists who promise to get the lost money back. Federal regulators say this “recovery” ...

These scammers are getting smart. There’s no denying that today’s job market is horrid, as the unemployed are struggling to not only get a job offer but to land a single interview. As eager as job ...

Despite growing awareness around social media fraud, Americans still lost $2.1 billion in 2025, according to an FTC report. That's eight times higher than in 2020, and almost 30% of people who lost ...

Desperately seeking decency. Under a new US law, online dating platforms must now alert users if someone they have interacted ...

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Imagine matching with someone on a dating app who seems to have it all: charm, wealth, a glamorous lifestyle and serious intentions about building a future with you. That was the promise prosecutors ...

Romance scams are among the most emotionally damaging forms of cyber crime because they combine carefully manufactured intimacy with financial theft – the scammers go after your heart, and then your ...