Looking back, the initial contact had all the elements of the earliest "Nigerian prince" email scams. The writer, who uses ...

The E-ZPass scam texts — or scams involving other similar toll services — have seemingly been the most prevalent scam in 2025. We here at Mashable initially covered the story in January and updated ...

FBI warns cybercriminals are stealing family photos from social media to create fake proof of life images in virtual ...

Online scammers swindled people out of a record amount of money in 2024, according to a newly released report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The IC3 said Wednesday in its "2024 ...

Scammers are flooding inboxes with fake tracking alerts that mimic real carriers, exploiting the holiday rush to steal logins ...

As Americans rush to buy gifts, book travel and spread holiday cheer, fraudsters are decking the halls with fake deals, bogus charities and panic-inducing messages designed to empty wallets faster ...

It's not the feel-good kind of story often shared around Christmastime, but this one reflects a concern for others not often at the forefront in what, at its root, is a story about a crime.

Ashton Bingham and Art Kulik — the Los Angeles-based producers behind Trilogy Media — take on international scammers who prey upon the vulnerable, including the elderly. They join “CUOMO” to discuss ...

BENTON, Mo. -- A Morley, Mo., woman was bilked out of $550 in an Internet scam police said was run by a Nigerian and two Washington state women. Each scam racked up between $100 and $800, with a total ...

Internet scammers targeted more than 10,000 Coloradans last year, stealing a total of $187,621,731. That’s according to the FBI’s Internet Complaint Center. Here is a look at the number of complaints, ...