CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — “I thought it was honest, but it was not honest.” That’s Harsh Nanda of Hickory, summarizing both the hopeful beginning and the damaging end to his foray into what he thought ...

In the past couple of years, I’ve noticed an uptick in scam emails that get past Gmail’s spam filters. Since I’m an author, the emails I get are usually from so-called book clubs, filled with empty ...

In 2024, Americans reported losing $470 million to scams that started with texts, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Text scams are also becoming harder to detect with AI. Knowing what to look ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Dozens of arrests have followed an alleged international "pig butchering" crypto scam in Indonesia that ...

You’ve got to keep your head on a swivel out there in today’s scam-likely world. Unfortunately and frustratingly, scammers ...

Even tech-savvy and experienced internet users can fall victim to online scams. Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, using technology and psychology to exploit trust and emotions. Fake ...

The WhatsApp logo appears on a smartphone screen and as a background on a computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on August 6, 2025. WhatsApp takes down 6.8 million accounts ...

A homemaker from Sakinaka, Mumbai, lost Rs38,000 in a Facebook reel scam involving fraudsters posing as police, threatening arrest.

Times journalists got a rare look inside one of the compounds where the online fraud industry makes its billions. Inspirational slogans (“Keep going”) were just the start. Times journalists got a rare ...