A fake PayPal refund scam quickly turns into something much bigger. After hacking multiple scammer computers, investigators work with law enforcement to set up a fake $50,000 cash pickup. What the ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

The sprawling examination fraud case is no longer simply a criminal investigation but has evolved into a test of whether the ...

A reader swears he’d catch identity theft himself because he checks his bank account. I had to break the bad news. The theft ...

A North Fort Myers man says scammers nearly got him with a fake Microsoft warning that took over his computer screen and ...

FOX 26 has been doing stories on scams targeting Wells Fargo customers for more than a year. This one is different as there ...

At first, it’s just another refund scam. Then everything changes. The scammer suddenly can’t control his own system—and the ...

Guidance from FinCEN, the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, advises bank employees to watch for ...

A cyber attack on Transport for London by two teenagers exposed 10 million personal records, costing £39M. Learn about the ...

If you’ve been scammed, it can feel impossible to navigate. Online scams result in lost funds, loss of access to important ...

A Hong Kong buyer lost HK$1.23M sending 80 transfers to a fake laptop seller over 30 days. Police blame the sunk cost fallacy ...

A Parma resident thought she was dealing with a McAfee antivirus issue. The situation ended as a fraud report to police. The ...