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The Catskill Police Department is warning residents about a scam involving callers pretending to be from Central ...

Online grifters are everywhere, poaching personal information and fleecing people out of billions. Experts worry artificial ...

Authorities say a Marlborough woman helped swindle a North Carolina man out of $500,000 in a fake prize scheme. The post Mass. woman charged in NC Publishers Clearing House scam appeared first on ...

As the U.S. Department of Justice continued to release files related to the case of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in December 2025, a rumor took hold on social media that the White House had ...

Holiday phishing attempts surge every year, and scammers know people juggle subscriptions, gifts and billing changes. That makes a fake alert feel real for a split second. Stacey P. emailed to tell us ...

Hackers have figured out how to hijack WhatsApp accounts without cracking the messaging app’s encryption, security researchers have warned. The so-called GhostPairing scam takes advantage of ...

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President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping new savings initiative for children, dubbed "Trump accounts," and welcomed a multi-billion-dollar pledge from Michael and Susan Dell, the program’s first ...

It’s a kid-friendly IRA. President Trump rolled out the sign up sheet Tuesday for the savings accounts bearing his name, which is aimed at providing young Americans access to a starter fund once they ...

Google has introduced a new feature to Circle to Search. You’ll now be able to circle a message to find out if it’s a scam or not. Circling a message will bring up an AI Overview that provides ...

A woman, allegedly being harassed by Publishers Clearing House, was fed up and called the Kalispell Police Department, wanting advice on how to stop it. She said she already reported it to the FBI ...