Silent scam calls are a growing nuisance in 2026, but they are only effective if you engage. By understanding that silence is ...

Just as you're ready to mingle and jingle, it's time for a warning about how a holiday-themed TikTok or Facebook reel that you post now could end up being used by scammers with AI-cloning tools to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lars Daniel covers digital evidence and forensics in life and law. Imagine this: a sweet, polite “grandma” answering a scammer’s ...

It came out of the blue. Christine, an 86-year-old grandmother from South Philadelphia, told our NBC station in Philly she received a phone call in mid-July from someone whom she believed was her ...

While financial scams have always been around, the variety of schemes that scammers employ to steal money are easily proliferated these days with the internet, social media, AI and crypto. Frauds and ...

A scammer was reportedly calling around the Longview area Monday impersonating Puget Sound Energy and Cowlitz PUD to demand payment of fictitious overdue bills. At about 12:40 p.m., a business in the ...

A message warning that a recent purchase is unsafe might sound helpful. It could also be a scam. Cybersecurity experts are ...

As scammers become increasingly prevalent online and via text and phone calls, some people have decided to fight back and 'troll' the scammer, and Newsweek spoke to five experts about whether or not ...