While blockchain and cryptocurrency have created many opportunities for the average person, they have also attracted scammers, making the space rife with fraud. Whether you're already involved or ...

FILE - The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington is shown on Jan. 28, 2015. Financial scams, including cryptocurrency schemes, cost consumers $3.8 billion last year just in the U.S., ...

Crypto crimes increased in 2025, with over $2.17 billion stolen through major hacks, scams, and phishing attacks, ...

Last fall, scammers infiltrated social platforms like dating apps, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter, attempting to convince people to download Coinbase Wallet. Once the targeted users downloaded the ...

NordVPN, the best VPN on the market based on our testing, has introduced a new feature designed to help cryptocurrency users avoid falling victim to fraud. The crypto wallet address checker, now part ...

NEW YORK — Social media is full of scammers promising guaranteed returns on investment, and consumers lost billions of dollars to them last year. Troy Gochenour, 50, of Columbus, Ohio, was conned out ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Social media is full of scammers promising guaranteed returns on investment, and consumers lost billions of dollars to them last year. Troy Gochenour, 50, of Columbus, Ohio, was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Social media is full of ...