In this scam, the crooks view their victims as pigs that can be tempted and tricked into turning over their life savings.

It’s a young word with obscure origins. But the fact that it’s so common shows just how ubiquitous fraud seems today.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — It happens so often that scammers call and pull off some elaborate scheme that preys on the most vulnerable people. There is a YouTuber who is turning the tables. ...

According to the FTC, fraud losses hit $15.9 billion in 2025. Imposter scams led in sheer number of reports, but investment scams caused the steepest financial damage. Every year, the Federal Trade ...

Cindy was one of the sweetest clients I had a chance to work with as a volunteer for VITA — a nonprofit organization that helps people file their income taxes. She showed up wearing a green dress with ...

A California mom says she was scammed out of thousands of dollars this month after receiving a call that sounded like her daughter in distress. She now suspects it was an artificial ...

Meta removed 10.9 million Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to “criminal scam centers” last year, the company announced on Wednesday. The disruptive action—a joint effort of the Royal Thai Police ...

From AI-powered scam detection to data removal and remote access blocking, here are the best tools to help protect your identity, money, and more. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, ...

LinkedIn has built its reputation as the world's most trusted professional network, with over 1.3 million members globally. Yet, LinkedIn scams have surged in recent years, with the platform detecting ...

Everyone who uses email has at some point been sent a malicious phishing email attempting to scam them out of money. Some have even engaged with an attacker unwittingly, perhaps falling prey to social ...

Scammers are getting sneakier, so we have to be smarter. Here’s how. When you Google something, how do you tell which website you should look at first? If you’re like most people, whether you’re ...