Not long ago, Monica Cotelingham found herself stuffing cash into a Bitcoin machine at a gas station in suburban Maryland and weeping. Earlier that day, she had received a call from a phone number ...

An active internet scam involving Gmail accounts in the state has caught the attention of Maryland State Police, which is warning residents to be more aware of emails. The scam involves someone ...

“Millions” of people could fall victim to scams using artificial intelligence to clone their voices, a UK bank has warned. Starling Bank, an online-only lender, said fraudsters are capable ...

However, a scam that uses the codes at parking meters is making people become more vigilant before they pay. “Think twice before scanning QR codes in public,” a TikTok user said in a post.

Scammers often rely on fear to steal your hard-earned money. No matter the scam, whether it's a Microsoft call scam or government impersonation, they all attempt to scare you by claiming that ...

David Sweeney is lukewarm about the federal government's proposed scam crackdown, which promises to introduce hefty fines and new obligations on banks, telcos and social media platforms.

Call it a diabolical new twist on an old scam: ATM fraudsters are turning to bitcoin. Data the Federal Trade Commission provided to NBC News show the amount of money consumers have reported losing ...

ARE USING THE LONG CON. THE OFFICE OF THE U.S. INSPECTOR GENERAL PUT OUT A WARNING ON WHAT IT’S CALLING HYBRID SCAMS. THAT’S WHEN SCAMMERS EMPLOY TWO TACTICS, STARTING WITH USING FAKE TECH ...

Still, I got a check for $158. In theory, class-action lawsuits like these protect consumers, but many resemble anti-consumer scams. First, lawsuits make most everything cost a little more.

WHEN IT COMES. An old but persistent email scam known as "sextortion" has a new personalized touch. The crooks are now including a photo of your home to make their threats more frightening and ...

Scam emails containing "income" had the highest rate of people clicking through, followed by "investment" and "money," according to email app ZeroBounce, which analyzed large datasets to ...

'The scammer claims to have hacked your phone or computer's camera and recorded you while visiting pornographic sites, bathing, dressing,' the Martin County Sheriff's Office says MARTIN COUNTY ...