The Jacksonville Beach Police Department has issued a warning to residents regarding a phone scam where callers claim victims ...

Federal fraud investigators say the telephone remains the most reliable weapon in a scammer’s toolkit, and the pitches keep getting sharper. Consumer complaints now describe cloned voices, spoofed ...

How to spot the signs before it's too late.

Fake USPS package notifications. Fake IRS tax notices. Fake toll road bills. If you own a phone in the US, you've been receiving these texts for years, and they've been getting harder to spot.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office warns of a phone scam where callers impersonate deputies, falsely claim missed jury duty, ...

Thousands of people are bilked every year by criminals who enter the lives of their victims through their telephones. AARP once found that about half of all mobile calls were fraudulent, and that the ...

According to the FTC, fraud losses hit $15.9 billion in 2025. Imposter scams led in sheer number of reports, but investment scams caused the steepest financial damage. Every year, the Federal Trade ...

Scammers are posing as bank employees and showing up at homes to collect "compromised" cards. Here's how the scam works and ...

You think email spam is bad? Here’s something worse: scam phone calls. The average American receives over 500 per year, and the result is that 39% of these consumers feel unsafe, according to a study ...

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 ...

Most scam texts are easy to spot, but this one feels different. At first glance, the message looks polished and uses official branding that signals credibility. It also includes technical details that ...