After a stellar career as a social worker and mental health program manager for the state of Washington, 73-year-old Barb Putnam, of Olympia, has lost the majority of her life savings through a scam ...
Scams cost Americans an estimated $159 billion every year and average about $3,500 in losses per victim. The CyberGuy has advice to protect yourself.
Alexandrou called the number, and what happened next is actually a pretty common scam. The person who answered said both his ...
You may think you're savvy enough to spot a banking scam, but scammers are getting savvier, too. People lost $10 billion to ...
Investigators recently stopped a man from sending over $5,000 in gift cards to a scammer posing as a federal agent. This scam ...
"Maybe nothing happens, but underneath, something did happen and planted some code that will track your web activity," one ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With Valentine's Day just around the corner, many people are scrambling to order flowers for their loved ones. However, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning consumers to be ...
Government believes $300K in seized cryptocurrency is tied to wire fraud transactions, money laundering and cybercrime scheme ...
Beaufort County reported $3.1 million in losses to crypto scams last year, including many involving bitcoin ATMs. Now it's ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Love is in the air as Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, but there’s certainly no love for scammers. Officials say every year, thousands of people across the U.S. fall ...
The FBI is seeing progress after ramping up its efforts to protect the public from investment fraud, particularly when it ...
Fraud comes in many forms, and one way scammers take advantage of people is through their loneliness. Rebecca Lewis, a sales manager with Arvest Bank, said romance scams are a type of imposter scheme.