What starts with a casual text message might end in financial ruin. Processing Content Pig butchering, a type of scam that became widespread during the COVID-19 pandemic, is on the rise and continues ...

The growing risk to consumers posed by scams begs the need for a government-wide strategy to counter scams, track them accurately and agree on what defines a scam, a new study said. The cost of this ...

Unfortunately, scams targeting seniors and older Americans have only risen recently. The best thing you can do is talk to someone before you make any financial decisions, such as sending money. Are ...

Whether it’s a phishing email, fake phone call or long-term ploy to steal your money, scams aren’t going away. And they’re costly: The FTC reports that consumers say they lost upwards of $12.5 billion ...

While financial scams have always been around, the variety of schemes that scammers employ to steal money are easily proliferated these days with the internet, social media, AI and crypto. Frauds and ...

Home Personal Finance 10 Ways to Stay Safe From Grandparent Scams and Other Fraud, Courtesy of a Financial Planner Scams are increasingly hard to detect, and anyone can be fooled, from older people to ...

Every year, about 90% of consumers either fall for or encounter online scams. And while many consumers are sophisticated enough to avoid some of the most common scams, it doesn't take much for a ...

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