Scam emails are getting better at looking official. This one claims to be an urgent warning from Microsoft about your email account. It looks serious. It feels time sensitive. And that is exactly the ...

Bipartisan SCAM Act targets fraudulent ads on social media Bill follows Reuters report revealing that Meta internally projected huge revenue from scam ads Legislation would require platforms to verify ...

Without meaningful deterrents, Big Tech companies will do what's profitable, regardless of the cost to consumers. But a new bipartisan bill could add a check that would make them think twice, at least ...

For years, consumers have been getting text messages stating a major delivery carrier needs them to "update delivery preferences" on a package by clicking a link. The problem? The texts are scams, and ...

Viewers have been receiving emails about the Lopez vs. Apple lawsuit, and News 8 has confirmed that these payments are legitimate and should not be deleted. You can view News 8 highlights in the video ...

Financial fraudsters are using AI and personal data to pose as legitimate security representatives from major institutions. Annual governors' gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes ...

Amazon Prime customers are the latest group of consumers to be targeted by scammers, cybersecurity experts say. According to a Feb. 4 X post from Guardio Security, hackers are impersonating Amazon's ...

A few days ago, I answered a phone call for my husband, “David.” It was an obvious scam—the caller said they were from an organization that had “read his book” (and gave a full title), then claimed ...

Mario Hall last saw his mother on the other end of a FaceTime call, teaching him how to make pepper steak. She’d propped her phone near the stove in her kitchen in Dublin, Ohio, so he could see the ...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General has more than 200 investigations open across the country as some schemes are suspected of stealing over a billion dollars. College ...

(NEW YORK) — Murat Mayor has no need for an associate’s degree. The 58-year-old business analyst already has a Ph.D. But when he and his son, a high school senior, attempted last fall to apply for ...