If you’ve been scammed, it can feel impossible to navigate. Online scams result in lost funds, loss of access to important accounts or devices, damage to reputation and other harms. And with the rise ...

Online scams are an ever-present threat, costing Americans nearly $119 billion a year. It’s not just happening on the internet either. Robocalls and text scams hit a six-year high in 2025. Now, with ...

Consumers want to go directly to their financial institution to safeguard their account. You can report fraud, scams and bad business practices at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Consider initiating a credit ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans are inundated with scam attempts on a daily basis — and about 3 in 10 have personally lost money or personal information to scams, according to a new AP-NORC survey.

Scammers can be convincing in getting people to give away personal information and at times, even their money. Last month, a Fuquay-Varina man who lost more than $750,000 to a scam shared his story.

There are many benefits to online dating which include access to a large number of possible dates, on some sites a potential matching system which might align people with compatible dates, and the ...

Not every sales pitch for a reverse mortgage is worth your time. Retirees are the target demographic for reverse mortgages — a tool that can tap their home’s equity for cash. But it's important to be ...

Stuart seniors were targeted in long-running sweepstakes scheme The couple relies on the kindness of strangers to meet their basic needs. They lost their home, car and savings hoping the scammer would ...

This article adheres to strict editorial standards. Some or all links may be monetized. A suspected scammer expecting to collect $700,000 worth of gold instead walked away with a bag of chocolate ...

The father of a sailor is out to warn others in the military community about a “Good Samaritan” scam that cost his son thousands of dollars. On July 2, two men approached the young sailor, claiming ...