Scammers ramp up after major storms, posing as utilities, airlines, insurers, relief agencies, and repair crews to exploit confusion, outages, and travel d ...

A recent report on scams found that Microsoft was imitated in nearly a quarter of all branded phishing attempts in Q4 of last ...

Hackers are replacing the 'm' in certain domains with 'rm' (r and m) to make communication from well-known companies look ...

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Since deepfakes are getting better all the time, it may be hard to note these discrepancies, especially when you’re caught off guard and flooded with panic. The scammers try to create a sense of ...

As people across North Texas work to get their lights back on, rebook canceled trips and repair storm damage after this ...

A new scam is targeting young women on social media. NBC News' Emilie Ikeda reports on several content creators who believed ...

Fraudsters posing as legitimate vehicle transporters are convincing dealers to load exotic and luxury vehicles onto trailers only for the cars to vanish. The realization usually comes too late: the ...

Andre Bryant said his HOA doesn’t allow commercial vehicles to be parked at his home. But he said no problem.

Texans handed over a staggering $635,887,222 to investment fraud in 2024, making it the single most expensive category of ...

The couple said scammers took pictures of a lost dog posted online and sent them an AI-generated photo of the dog on an ...

A family in Gastonia is desperate for tips to find 16-year-old Luis Tario, who has been missing for months, but now they say ...