329 articles on scam awareness, fraud prevention, and consumer protection.
The FTC released new data on April 27, 2026 showing Americans lost $2.1 billion to scams that started on social media in 2025 — an eightfold increase ...
'Robin, one of my students, came across an article…' If you run a website with any meaningful traffic, you've probably gotten this email. There is no ...
The Department of Education just launched a real-time identity verification system for FAFSA after preventing more than $1 billion in attempted fraud ...
Hyderabad Police's Operation Octopus 2.0 swept across nine Indian states, arresting 52 suspects in a coordinated cybercrime crackdown. The most striki...
Indonesia's National Police Cyber Crime Directorate arrested two suspects running an international marketplace for phishing scripts, credential-theft ...
A major industry report released April 24, 2026 projects that global e-commerce and digital payments fraud will more than double — from $40 billion in...
In a Canadian first, Toronto Police arrested three men on April 23, 2026 for operating an SMS blaster — a device that mimics a legitimate cell tower, ...
France's national identity document agency — ANTS (Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés) — confirmed on April 22, 2026 that a threat actor breached i...
On April 23, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice charged two Chinese nationals who managed Shunda Park — a forced-labor scam compound in Myanmar wher...
The FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report includes a chilling new category: AI-enabled fraud. In just one year, over 22,000 Americans reported AI-powered s...
Employers are increasingly interviewing applicants who don't exist. AI tools now generate hyper-tailored resumes, deepfake candidates capable of passi...
The scammer on the other end of your phone no longer needs to be human. Experian's 2026 fraud forecast warns that emotionally intelligent AI bots are ...