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According to the FTC, Americans lost over $12 billion to scams in 2024 — a 25% increase from the previous year, U.S. Rep. Dan ...

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has implemented sanctions against large network of ...

A recent study shows Americans are particularly susceptible to scams compared with other English-speaking countries, such as ...

Security software firm McAfee found that scammers are increasingly impersonating employers to gain victims' trust to steal ...

As the Trump administration continues to negotiate trade deals and engage with China, shutting down Chinese scam centers must ...

A man from Denver was rebooking a flight for a family vacation when the purchase actually went through for a scammer.

Zelle’s seamless integration with major American banks has revolutionized money transfers, allowing users to send funds directly between accounts without third-party applications. This convenience ...

In this edition of The Playbook, we take a look at why workers are struggling with on-the-job expectations, text scams and ...

Reader R.V. Baugus of Grand Prairie recommended a book to The Watchdog. He told me that Scamorama was about 20 years old, and it made him laugh. How could a book on scams cause laughter? I was curious ...

PayPal users should get alert as scammers are once again impersonating PayPal and trying to trick its users into handling ...