Cybercrime is on the rise in California real estate, your guide to the California governor’s race and more big stories.

The Federal Trade Commission is warning consumers about a growing wave of imposter scams, but the agency’s top consumer protection official says the responsibility does not rest solely with the ...

Is scamming illegal? What you should know about online scams. Spammers, scammers, and snake-oil peddlers are at an all-time high thanks to the internet. Scamming tactics are ever-changing and are ...

A new estimate suggests reported losses reveal only a fraction of the damage, as crypto, AI and social media make fraud easier to spread.

For years, I've covered the online scamming ecosystem, from reporting on the criminals behind scams to examining the methods they use to dupe targets, and offering suggestions on how to recover your ...

Authorities say scammers are increasingly using gold and crypto to drain victims' life savings.

SINGAPORE: From tighter identity checks and real-time payment alerts to in-app advisories and transaction nudges, banks and e-commerce platforms in Singapore say they have strengthened targeted ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a consumer alert warning New Yorkers of increasingly common “gold bar scams” and providing tips to protect themselves. These scams usually ...

Job-seekers have been warned to walk away if a potential employer says they'll need to pay to 'unlock' higher-paying tasks.

From AI-powered scam detection to data removal and remote access blocking, here are the best tools to help protect your identity, money, and more. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, ...

It’s a young word with obscure origins. But the fact that it’s so common shows just how ubiquitous fraud seems today.