Valentine's Day romance scams in 2026 use AI personas and automated scripts to target divorced and widowed individuals ...

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 ...

Scammers are impersonating Microsoft with urgent deadline threats and fake legal language to rush victims into clicking ...

AI has helped these scams blossom. But the tax code now offers little relief for those who have lost money to a romance ...

Texting scams are exploding. In 2024 alone, U.S. consumers lost $470 million to them, according to the Federal Trade Commission, a number more than five times what it was just four years earlier. To ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Like you, I must get a dozen calls, texts, and emails a day about health coverage. The Federal Trade Commission says scam calls always spike this time of year during open ...

About three out of 10 adults say they have used an online dating platform, according to research from the Pew Research Center. It’s become a common way to find long-term partners, and 44% of dating ...

Lakeside resident Chris Heise and his wife could sense something was not right last year as they spent two days on the phone with individuals they now know were scammers. But the man and woman on the ...

UNIONDALE, N.Y., Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Scammers are leveraging the stresses of the holiday season against households and businesses on Long Island and in the Rockaways, impersonating PSEG Long ...