If you get an urgent text message about a package, it's probably a scam. Here's how to tell, and how to avoid getting suckered.

Open your delivery upon receipt to check for damage or signs of tampering. Contact the seller immediately if you believe something is wrong with the shipment or it's not what you ordered. Also, review ...

Whether it's scam text messages, fake ads, unsolicited social media messages, or just plain old phishing emails, the methods used by cybercriminals to hook their targets are getting more sophisticated ...

Google's posted an updated fraud and scam advisory ahead of its inaugural Scams Summit. The advisory drew awareness to prominent scam attempts involving customer support, package tracking, and toll ...

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. With advances in artificial intelligence, online scams are becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect. According to the FBI, Americans lost $16 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — As of April 20, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said there have been 22,853 overall reports of COVID-19 consumer complaints. The overall fraud loss has totaled up to $17.53 million.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — LaVerne Foreman never expected to fall victim to a scam, especially not one claiming to help disabled veterans. “I could not believe as they presented themselves that they would ...

Update, June 1, 2025: This story, originally published May 30, has been updated to include a new strategic method of cutting at least some of the phishing threat off at its source, in response to the ...

While consumers are getting better at spotting scammers, the scams keep getting more sophisticated. Here's how you can avoid them. Bree Fowler writes about cybersecurity and digital privacy. Before ...