The scammers never actually deposited $10,000. Instead, they manipulated what the victim saw and convinced her she owed them ...
Scammer Payback creator Perogi posed as a 79-year-old woman after receiving a fake $500 Amazon refund offer. When scammers ...
A North Carolina woman who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in an online scam is now watching Congress debate a bill that could erase a large tax debt tied to her losses. Lori Flowers said she ...
WASHINGTON—Despite carefully checking and double-checking the credentials of the man who reached out to him via email, FBI director Kash Patel was reportedly phished Friday by a scammer posing as FBI ...
MILAN, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Fraudsters using AI to impersonate senior executives stole €95 million ($108 million) from Fideuram, the private banking arm of Italy's biggest lender Intesa Sanpaolo ...
An apparent scammer tried to call one potential victim but was met instead with a Missouri deputy. The law enforcement agent proceeded to perform a “switcharoo,” scaring the scammer off with arrest ...
The man who admitted to stealing hundreds of manuscripts swore he’d never do it again. New online skulduggery resembles his old tricks, and then some. Credit...Ben Denzer Supported by By Miguel ...
A smiling woman named Linda Anthony wants to hire you. Jay Jones is convinced she is a bot trying to scam you. Jones says he first encountered her on LinkedIn one evening just after midnight. Her ...
Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ray Maternick sits at his computer looking over ...
When the man from Brussels asked Lori Flowers to lend him $400,000 from her 401(k), she thought she was bailing out her best friend. By the time the “pig-butchering” scam was over, Flowers had forked ...
In spring of 2021, a man visits a small storefront in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He tells the woman at the desk – the business owner– that he wants a nursing degree. What happens next, captured on ...
A local man lost tens of thousands of dollars to a scammer impersonating a WWE wrestler. Information shared by Pennsylvania State Police in Kittanning this week said they have crime happened in March.