Contacting authorities for crypto fraud including the United States CTFC, SEC and FTC is critical for eliminating scams and potentially recovering your funds. Protecting yourself from crypto scams ...

Chainabuse allows anyone to publicly share information with enforcement, helping make crypto fraud more transparent, but it’s not a confidential legal channel. Scamwatch helps raise public awareness ...

BBB is warning people about a new phishing phone scam where callers claim you have an unclaimed “relief check” waiting.

You should report fraud to the FTC and FBI even if you didn't lose money. You'll be a good samaritan if you do. Danni Santana spent nine years as an editor and business journalist covering industries ...

The FBI says spoofed websites masquerading as the IC3 have appeared. Spoofed websites impersonate well-known services to steal your data. FBI warns visitors to remain vigilant against suspicious URLs ...

If you've gotten a text saying you owe money for unpaid and outstanding tolls from EZ-Pass, you aren't alone. If you haven't, consider yourself lucky. "It's frustrating," Bryce Austin, CEO of TCE ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story included data provided to USA TODAY that misstated the amount lost to scams globally last year. It was $1.026 billion. Scammers have ...

Your inbox could contain real money—or a trap. I made two fake settlement claim sites in five minutes, and I'm here to tell you how to tell a legit settlement notice site from a data-stealing fake. I ...

Online scams are nothing new, but artificial intelligence is making it easier than ever to dupe people. What used to take days now takes a scammer only minutes to create. A new report from Microsoft ...