Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The scam often arrives from a close friend. (Anna Barclay via Getty Images) WhatsApp has taken action against the ‘PIN Code scam’ ...

TAYLORSVILLE – The Utah Department of Public Safety is warning about a new scam that hit the phones of Utahns on Thursday. The message contained what purported to be a "final court-ordered mandatory ...

The Telegram-based Xinbi Guarantee black market sells services that help prop up scam operations. British officials just hit the highly lucrative marketplace with sweeping sanctions. On Thursday, the ...

Australians lost more than A$2 billion to scams in 2025, new figures from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) show. This was a 7.8% increase compared to 2024. And it’s in spite ...

The Senate confirmed Colin McDonald on a 52–47 vote to serve as the Justice Department’s first assistant attorney general for national fraud enforcement on Tuesday, as the Trump administration ramps ...

Cook County officials are warning residents that a scam court notice that falsely claims to be related to a parking violation could show up in their mailbox. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County ...

A new text message phishing scam is circulating, hot on the heels of the recent toll collection scams that targeted drivers. This time, the impersonated agency is the Department of Motor Vehicles. The ...

A senior citizen in Washington Township fell victim to a phone scam last week, according to authorities. Police said the victim receive a phone call with a caller ID of TD Bank, which happens to be ...

Consumer Reports is warning of a new kind of scam — phony recall notices. Recall notices warn consumers of potential safety risks on products such as kitchen appliances, baby products, child car seats ...

Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform have launched an investigation into what they categorize as "rampant taxpayer fraud in California’s hospice programs." "Recent ...

A cardboard box sitting quietly on a doorstep should feel harmless, or maybe even a little exciting. That small moment of anticipation—what’s inside, who sent it, why it arrived—usually brings ...

Scammers take control of the situation by getting consumers to move quickly — before anyone can really think through something. 'People should be extremely leery of any kind of call or any kind of ...