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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.

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 ...

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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Residents are again being warned about scam OMV text messages. The texts claim to come from the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles and threaten people over unpaid tickets or ...

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 ...

These scam texts often threaten legal action and include malicious links to steal personal information. The Colorado DMV has confirmed it does not contact people via unsolicited texts to demand ...

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 ...

ALBANY — Online shoppers felt cheated. Renters were exploited. Car buyers got burned. In 2025, New Yorkers filed nearly 30,000 complaints with the state attorney general’s office, a snapshot of an ...

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 ...

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 ...