Don't click on that link: A new Amazon scam involves fake recall texts that make it easy to give away personal information.

Romance scams rely on a small number of psychological levers, applied repeatedly. Finding their victims online through ...

McAfee, in its latest “The State of the Scamiverse 2026” report, offers an in-depth analysis of the most impactful scams of 2025. The report notes that Brits received an average of eight scam messages ...

First, it was phony parking tickets, then toll road scams, now scammers are at it again with an all-new, all-bad DMV text scam. The unfortunate popularity of this latest grift has caused states from ...

Valentine's Day romance scams in 2026 use AI personas and automated scripts to target divorced and widowed individuals ...

We’ve all gotten the texts. A mysterious recruiter says they have the perfect job for you: one that you can do from home, on a flexible schedule, for great pay. Usually I delete these messages and ...

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