HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Tax season is officially here and that means scammers are out to take your money. Con artists are using social security numbers to file phony tax returns and steal refunds.

As consumers ring in the new year, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is urging them to add critical resolutions to protect ...

Tuesday the Federal Trade Commission announced it is cracking down on illegal telemarketers in one of the biggest multi-agency sweeps ever. The FTC is partnering with 101 law enforcement agencies, ...

No one likes spam calls. No one enjoys being interrupted in the middle of dinner to hear about car insurance, to take part in a survey or to hear dead air on the other end of the phone. What can you ...

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. At the RSAC 2025 Conference, Ayelet Biger-Levin, ...

You open your inbox and see a message titled "Payment order settled" with an official-looking invoice from Geek Squad. At first glance, it looks legitimate. It includes your email address and even a ...

Latest version of the Feedzai RiskOps Platform features scam-specific machine learning models and other enhancements targeting the global epidemic of financial scams SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) ...

(InvestigateTV) — Scammers are getting better and better at crafting irresistible texts and emails. The number one rule is don’t engage, especially if you are certain something is a scam the moment it ...

WITH LAST MINUTE HOLIDAY SHOPPING IN FULL SWING, LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS ARE WARNING ABOUT A GROWING WAVE OF SCAMS TARGETING SENIORS. WLWT NEWS FI ...

You pick up the phone and hear a stern voice claiming you owe money. Maybe it's for a credit card you don't recognize, a loan you never took out or some old bill you thought was long gone. Panic sets ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Stop the Scammers. That’s the name of a statewide tour that aims to help Iowans prevent and report fraud. The Stop the Scammers tour visited 22 Iowa communities this year.

Are you being conned? A scam detection expert at RSAC 2025 offered these six warning signs to look for—and I explain what you can do to stay safe. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, ...