When Simon’s wife of 43 years passed away, it felt a bit like he’d died too. In his overwhelming grief, Simon sought companionship online, like so many other lonely widows and widowers.

As you consider online job ads and offers, here are warning signs to look for to avoid falling victim to a scam.

People who have already lost money to online fraud are being targeted a second time by criminals wearing the badge of the very agency that investigates such crimes. The FBI has warned that scammers ...

Gizmodo filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Federal Trade Commission to obtain consumer complaints ...

Every year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the agency tasked with protecting the public from deceptive or unfair business practices, receives millions of fraud reports from consumers. To help ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — It happens so often that scammers call and pull off some elaborate scheme that preys on the most vulnerable people. There is a YouTuber who is turning the tables. ...

From AI-powered scam detection to data removal and remote access blocking, here are the best tools to help protect your identity, money, and more. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, ...

LinkedIn has built its reputation as the world's most trusted professional network, with over 1.3 million members globally. Yet, LinkedIn scams have surged in recent years, with the platform detecting ...

AI is threatening to replace human workers in some fields, and rightfully, many people are furious that they’re going to be replaced by lines of code. Count scumbag scam artists among them, as a ...

Everyone who uses email has at some point been sent a malicious phishing email attempting to scam them out of money. Some have even engaged with an attacker unwittingly, perhaps falling prey to social ...

India has become one of the largest global sources of cross-border cyber scams. Its significance extends well beyond the ...

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