Americans are losing at least $119 billion every year to scams, according to a new estimate from the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America, a consumer advocacy group. There is no formal U.S.

Wisconsin officials are warning consumers about fake job listings and phony recruiters. The jobs may offer flexible hours, good pay, great benefits and remote work. Research a company before sharing ...

Meta has sued the people and groups behind three scam operations that used images and deepfakes of celebrities to lure users to scam websites. According to the company, the three entities were based ...

Next week is National Consumer Protection Week, and Americans lost $1.2 billion from scams in 2025. It's a sobering statement, and one of the reasons the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) is ...

Many cybercrime victims are retargeted by online scammers posing as lawyers or other professionals who promise they can recover stolen money. By Tara Siegel Bernard It has been two years since Nick ...

Meta announced on Wednesday that it’s bringing more scam detection tools to Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger. The tech giant says the new features are designed to alert users before they engage with ...

Reports of tax scams and fraud have continued to rise in recent years, stretching systems that were built around older, fragmented reporting tools. The IRS says simplifying how tips are submitted will ...

WCNC, CHARLOTTE, N.C. - With taxpayers seeing larger refunds so far this season, consumer experts are warning that scammers are trying to cash in. Early filing data from the Internal Revenue Service ...

Teen Easter basket ideas they won’t roll their eyes at Teen Easter baskets are tricky. Little kids are thrilled with plastic ...

Philadelphia Courts officials issued a consumer fraud warning about a text messaging scam accusing recipients of failing to pay road toll violations on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and requesting penalty ...