The Federal Trade Commission said there were no task scams in 2020, there were 5,000 in 2023 and then task scams quadrupled ...

Meta said it wants to empower users with the knowledge and resources they need to safeguard themselves and their loved ones from online scams and fraud. Nazia Karrim, Head of Product Development ...

A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report highlights a dramatic rise in online job scams, particularly so-called task scams ...

Between October and December 2023, $95.2 million in losses from online shopping scams ... focusing on scam and recall-related topics. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @byemilybarnes.

But most of the money stolen in scams goes to the heads of the criminal organizations. So, such excuses, are simply irrelevant. In most cases, online scams target the most vulnerable and kind ...

1 of 3 Americans have fallen victim to an online scam during the holiday season – and of the 58% of those who’ve lost money to such scams, nearly 1 in 10 lost over $1,000. As fake sites pose ...

Using real-life scams, the students are being shown how to spot online fraud. The game called Dodgy or Not? is updated in real time as scammers find new ways to trick or blackmail victims into ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Plans are afoot to tighten laws to better protect Malaysians against the growing threat of online scams costing Malaysians ... reimbursed their money within five days.

If you’ve ever been asked to like videos or rate product images to earn money online, you may have been a victim of an online task scam, and those scams are now on the rise, the Federal Trade ...