Scammers impersonating Federal Trade Commission employees are calling consumers, claiming they owe money or face legal ...

Scammers are cold-calling consumers and identifying themselves as “agent” John Krebs, the Federal Trade Commission’s Chief Privacy Officer, to fabricate a money laundering investigation and pressure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An observant store clerk helped prevent an 85-year-old woman from losing $18,000 in a Bitcoin scam after recognizing something was ...

A Kansas cashier stopped a 72-year-old woman from sending $22,800 into a Bitcoin machine after police said scammers used fake ...

Garrett Dutton, the musician better known as G. Love, claimed that he lost his Bitcoin savings to a scammer. “I had a really tough day today I lost my retirement fund in a hack/Scam when I switched my ...

Gail Barr expected birthday calls on her 70th birthday. She got plenty of sweet messages from family and friends. Then one voicemail turned her day upside down. The caller claimed to be Chief Deputy ...

The look on the young woman’s face was one of pure terror. “Hang up the phone,” I said to her calmly. “I… I can’t.” Long ...

Fraudsters are targeting global shipping firms with fake Strait of Hormuz transit fees, demanding payment in Bitcoin and Tether as vessels remain stranded amid Gulf tensions. Fraudsters are targeting ...

As hundreds of vessels remain stuck in the Gulf amid an escalating geopolitical standoff, a new threat has emerged. Greek maritime risk management firm MARISKS issued an alert warning that unknown ...

Convenience store ATMs that sell bitcoin are scamming US consumers out of millions, according to the FBI. And now some Massachusetts lawmakers and the American Association of Retired Persons are ...

WESTLAKE, Ohio — An observant store clerk helped prevent an 85-year-old woman from losing $18,000 in a Bitcoin scam after recognizing something was wrong and calling police, according to investigators ...