Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People nationwide are being alerted of an ongoing text message scam in which recipients receive fake text messages claiming they ...

On Valentine’s Day, romance scams become a prime target for cybercriminals, with Kaspersky highlighting a rise in deceptive tactics that exploit emotional vulnerability. In 2024, the company detected ...

A woman in France struck up what she thought was an online relationship with a famous actor. Only after she had sent over $850,000 to “Brad” did she discover she’d been duped by ...

Minnesota Department of Transportation officials have warned drivers of the return of scam E-ZPass texts and emails, which suggest vehicle owners owe fines. MnDOT said that it has seen a rise in these ...

Mortgage fraud happens when someone omits or falsifies information in connection with the process of buying a house. This can be from predatory lenders trying to defraud borrowers or from borrowers ...

From fake NHS Covid tests to QR code parking scams, Which? has exposed hundreds of scams to help you stay one step ahead of the scammers…. In response to this worrying trend, Which? launched a free ...

Instagram ads impersonating financial institutions like Bank of Montreal (BMO) and EQ Bank (Equitable Bank) are being used to target Canadian consumers with phishing scams and investment fraud. Some ...

Identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement due to fraud are among the most challenging aspects of auditing in recent years, according to outreach conducted by the AICPA Auditing ...

ASIC Deputy Chair Sarah Court said the regulator has beefed up its scam enforcement to include monitoring social media ads. Update Aug. 24, 11:40 pm UTC: This article has been updated to include more ...