314 articles on scam awareness, fraud prevention, and consumer protection.
At the European Anti-Financial Crime Summit in Dublin, Europol's Deputy Executive Director announced the launch of a new EU Anti-Scam Platform — a per...
One year after President Trump signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, the FTC activated its platform-compliance provisions on May 19, 2026 — triggering the most...
Voice phishing — vishing — surged 442% in 2024 and is accelerating into 2026 on the back of AI voice cloning technology that can replicate anyone's vo...
A new investigation by the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that Medicare scam ads on Facebook generated more than 215 million impressions ove...
F-Secure's 2025 Scam Intelligence & Impacts Report — released today — reveals that scam losses in the United States doubled year-over-year, nearly 40 ...
Nearly six years after COVID-19 relief programs flooded the unemployment system with emergency cash, federal prosecutors are still convicting fraudste...
The Department of Justice launched a new West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force on April 30, 2026, uniting federal prosecutors and investigators ac...
On April 28, 2026, federal law enforcement executed 22 search warrants across the Minneapolis area, targeting daycares, businesses, and private homes ...
The FTC's May 2026 consumer alert reveals imposter scams are the number one fraud complaint for the ninth straight year, with losses hitting $3.5 bill...
Subscription traps have found a powerful new disguise: free AI tools. In 2026, a surge of apps and websites lure consumers with promises of no-cost AI...
Microsoft analyzed 8.3 billion phishing threats in just three months and found QR code phishing — known as quishing — surged 146% in Q1 2026, with att...
A Florida jury just convicted Brett Blackman, the founder of healthcare software company HealthSplash, for orchestrating a 'cold, calculated' $1 billi...