A scam targeting work-from-home job hunters has been found to cost Australians more than all other scam types combined. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released findings ...

Americans are feeling less confident about finding a job easily, and scams are not helping. Victims of job scams shared an ...

A Special Study on America's Elder Fraud Landscape, an independent nonprofit landscape study of scams targeting Americans 60 ...

Americans over the age of 60 lost $7.7 billion to scams in 2025, with investment fraud, romance scams, and tech support ...

Scam artists are an inventive bunch. Numerous confidence schemes have become so iconic that spotting the outline of a fraudulent actor is sometimes extremely simple: The Nigerian prince approach, for ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ experiences with and views of online scams and attacks. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,397 adults from April 14 to 20, 2025.

Mortgage fraud is increasing, according to property market analytics company Cotality. Mortgage fraud can impact homeowners’ and real estate professionals’ finances, futures and property. Learning ...

SmartCustomer reports on seven Father's Day gift scams costing Americans millions, highlighting the need for vigilance amid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spoofing scams are all too common, and they work because they take advantage of our trust. rob dobi via Getty Images Scammers win ...

Not all scams are created equally, and the ones people are most likely to fall for these days definitely feel different from those a few years ago, as comedian Jordan Davis and others discussed on ...

Technology will have a huge role to play in fraud detection with GenAI and consortium analytics shown to have the most promise The NICE Actimize “2025 EMEA Financial Fraud Trends and Investment ...

Meta-owned platforms WhatsApp and Messenger are rolling out new in-app warnings designed to protect older users from online scams. Announced on October 21, 2025, these features aim to alert seniors to ...