How crypto scammers reel in, rob, ruin victims "I thought it was honest, but it was not honest." That's Harsh Nanda of Hickory, summarizing both the hopeful beginning and the damaging end to his foray ...

I’ve noticed an uptick in scam emails that get past Gmail’s spam filters over the past few years. As an author, the emails I get are usually from so-called book clubs, filled with empty praise for my ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Dozens of arrests have followed an alleged international "pig butchering" crypto scam in Indonesia that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new year with the same old scams. The BBB said older consumers continue to be the primary target, and for victims over the age ...

The WhatsApp logo appears on a smartphone screen and as a background on a computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on August 6, 2025. WhatsApp takes down 6.8 million accounts ...

AI is threatening to replace human workers in some fields, and rightfully, many people are furious that they’re going to be replaced by lines of code. Count scumbag scam artists among them, as a ...

Everyone who uses email has at some point been sent a malicious phishing email attempting to scam them out of money. Some have even engaged with an attacker unwittingly, perhaps falling prey to social ...

"Scammers thought Minnesotans were easy targets," Ellsion wrote. "They were wrong. From student loan scams to fake utility callers, we shut them down this year — fast." Scammers thought Minnesotans ...

Times journalists got a rare look inside one of the compounds where the online fraud industry makes its billions. Inspirational slogans (“Keep going”) were just the start. Times journalists got a rare ...