Texting and messaging scam attempts have increased by 50 percent, according to Consumer Reports' 2025 Cyber Readiness Report ...

At least 200 patients in Michigan canceled appointments thanks to a scam text saying their Medicaid or Medicare plan had been canceled.

Fake package delivery text messages like mine were the most common type of text scam. They may purport to come from FedEx, the U.S. Postal Service, or some other delivery organization. The website you ...

Scammers are circulating a text message purporting to be the New York State Tax Department and targeting recipients of the recent inflation refund check. In truth, ...

As inflation refund checks begin to land in New Yorkers' mailboxes, state officials are asking residents to stay vigilant as scammers try to take advantage of the one-time payments. New Yorkers have ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will not take consumers' fraud complaints or help them block spam calls, and it will not grant early clearance to mergers during the government shutdown, the agency ...

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and according to two significant new surveys, cybersecurity has become an issue Americans are having to deal with ...

Washington, DC – Consumer Reports (CR) along with Aspen Digital and the Global Cyber Alliance, released the fourth annual Consumer Cyber Readiness Report today, marking the beginning of Cybersecurity ...

We asked 10 financial pros to share the money scams they’ve seen — and how to prevent them from happening to you ...

Scammers are getting smarter, and so are their tricks. From fake delivery alerts to impersonated government agencies, phone scams are more convincing (and more frequent) than ever before. Whether it's ...

A group of suspected scammers in Brazil using Instagram ads featuring deepfakes of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and other celebrities appears to have made millions of dollars through online fraud, ...

At least 200 EPIC Health patients received similar text messages from scammers exploiting the federal government shutdown as a way to scare Medicaid and Medicare recipients.