Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stock image. The Better Business Bureau Serving Connecticut reported an employment scam in which fraudsters used the name of a ...

Your name and email address are required information in the digital world; however, this information can be more sensitive and valuable to criminals than you might expect. The more places your name ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: WKMG News 6 ClickOrlando/YouTube. A Florida pastor says scammers used his name to target church members with fake ...

Scammers have already misused the names of such firms as Latham & Watkins, Dechert, and DLA Piper, according to the U.K. Solicitors Regulation Authority. Criminals are hijacking the names of top law ...

A new scam is hitting Prince George's County in Maryland and it's more convincing than most. Residents are receiving alarming phone calls from someone claiming to be with the sheriff's department. The ...

Scammers posing as federal employees have found a new way to sound convincing: they drop the actual names of real Federal Trade Commission staff members when pressuring people to hand over money. The ...

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, Va. — Scammers are now using AI technology to impersonate local law enforcement deputies and try to trick people into handing over their money. Deputies say in some cases, these ...

LinkedIn has built its reputation as the world's most trusted professional network, with over 1.3 million members globally. Yet, LinkedIn scams have surged in recent years, with the platform detecting ...

Scams on the Internet are big business. Consumers reportedly lose more than $10 billion annually to them, and every year there is a new wave of scams to bilk people out of their hard-earned money. You ...

Scam baiting, also spelled scambaiting, is the practice of engaging with scammers – usually online or by phone – to antagonize them, waste their time or gather evidence to expose their operations. It ...