The TRAPS Act proposes an annual review of fraud trends, interagency coordination, and a unified strategy to detect and ...

There is no evidence that Athena was part of these scams — only that their machines were used. Athena reports that it has 800 ...

Consumers lost $470 million to text-messaging scams in 2024, and there are likely to be additional victims as they become more sophisticated.

As job-seekers look for work in a challenging environment, an increasing number are falling victim to job scams that promise good pay for completing easy online tasks, according to the Federal Trade ...

Residents are being warned by Westfield police to be cautious of con artists posing as government officials who are attempting to trick people into converting their money into gold or silver for ...

He launched into a story of fentanyl trafficking and the amount of deaths that were being caused and the loss of lives of so many children,” she says. “It was quite terrifying.” Because the cartel was ...

“They’re playing on people’s need for more income.” ...

A Biden-era plan to curb subscriptions that are difficult to cancel has been blocked by a federal appeals court.

The couple eventually called 911 but were told that it was unlikely they would ever get their money back. Now, they are ...

Austin—Texans should think twice before clicking on links in threatening text messages that falsely claim to be from the Texas Department of ...

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) announced that law enforcement officers nationwide are now federally ...

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s “Click-to-Cancel” ...