In a tough economy, financial-relief scams like this one could become more prevalent, predicts Eva Valesquez, CEO of the ...

5 sure signs of an unclaimed money scam. August 16, 2011 -- A new scam has surfaced that uses the promise of finding unclaimed money to lure people in. I feel just the tiniest smidgen responsible, ...

Fraud losses reported by people 60 and older climbed to nearly $2.4 billion in 2024, quadrupling since 2020 Investment ...

Scammers have been around forever, and the only thing that changes from year to year, it seems, is the technology they use to pull off their scams. While many of these con artists still use the phone, ...

One bizarre but incredibly harmful scam going around now involves con artists who shrewdly impersonate someone else to ultimately convince you that you absolutely must transfer your money to protect ...

Learn to identify cryptocurrency scams and protect your assets. Spot the red flags, report suspicious activities, and avoid ...

If you get an unsolicited call or email urging you to move your savings to a different account in order to "protect" it, don't. This is a form of impersonation scam—preying on fear—that has you hand ...

Scammers are increasingly impersonating trusted government agencies to target seniors with "money protection" schemes. These scams often involve lies about compromised accounts or criminal activity ...

In the past 12 months, 57 percent of adults worldwide experienced a scam and 23 percent lost money. Shopping scams affected 54 percent of victims, while investment scams and unexpected money scams ...

Adults aged 60 and older were more likely to report extraordinarily high losses. An 18-year-old consumer in Michigan lost $4,800 this summer to a 'transfer it to protect it' scam after receiving an ...