Scammers have been notorious for taking advantage of current events and what’s in the news. The pandemic has been no exception. It’s proven to be an opportunity for fraudsters to prey on people’s ...

Scams related to cryptocurrency jumped from the seventh riskiest scam in 2020 to second riskiest in 2021, according to the 2021 BBB Scam Tracker Risk Report. Although cryptocurrency scams made up only ...

Scams that threaten your computer are in the No. 3 spot on WGAL News 8 On Your Side consumer reporter Brian Roche's list of top scams of 2021. Fantasy Football Week 15 Tight End Rankings ...

The holiday season is upon us, and we're about to enter into a new year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact nearly all facets of everyday life. It's during times like these that we could be ...

The Federal Trade Commission says the number of people who reported being hit by scams initiated on social sites more than doubled from 2020 to 2021. Andrew Blok covered home energy, with a focus on ...

New Hiya ‘State of the Call’ report is out, and this one is for 2022. It does contain quite a bit of information for last year, though. The report reveals the most common phone scams for last year, so ...

More than 46,000 people fell prey to crypto scams since the beginning of 2021, according to the Federal Trade Commission. They collectively lost more than $1 billion, the FTC said in a new report.

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2021 was a huge year for the mainstreaming of cryptocurrency. Popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin had a banner year that kicked off following the memestock craze that took ...

The United States Federal Trade Commission has labeled social media and crypto a “combustible combination for fraud,” with nearly half of all crypto-related scams originating from social media ...

Rachel Witkowski is an award-winning journalist whose 20-year career spans a wide range of topics in finance, government regulation and congressional reporting. Ms. Witkowski has spent the last decade ...