Federal fraud investigators say the telephone remains the most reliable weapon in a scammer’s toolkit, and the pitches keep getting sharper. Consumer complaints now describe cloned voices, spoofed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The impersonators take many forms, and they come prepared with countless stories for Beaufort County residents. But one narrative ...

‘Free phone’ scams are becoming increasingly common, and there’s now a new one to watch out for. With this version, a brand new phone is left on your doorstep and – unusually – the scammer didn’t use ...

The FBI says caller ID spoofing scams have already drained more than $215 million from Americans in a single year, tied to about 28,000 complaints filed with its Internet Crime Complaint Center.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The FBI Louisville Field Office is warning Kentuckians of an increase in reported fraud schemes. The scammers call Kentuckians ...

You think email spam is bad? Here’s something worse: scam phone calls. The average American receives over 500 per year, and the result is that 39% of these consumers feel unsafe, according to a study ...

According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies have recently received multiple reports of scammers pretending to be with MCSO, law enforcement or jail officials. In the attempts, deputies ...

OGDEN — Imagine getting billed month after month for a phone you never wanted and that you thought you had already sent back to the carrier. That's the situation Terry Caselli faces. It started with a ...

US THAT TOP THREE WAYS SCAMMERS MAY COME AFTER YOU. YOU KNOW, THERE’S A WELL-KNOWN SAYING IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS, THE BEST OFFENSE IS A GOOD DEFENSE. WELL, THAT ALSO APPLIES IN THE SCAM WORLD. AND ...