The Federal Trade Commission found that older adults were more likely to fall for certain kinds of scams. They were: Five times as likely as younger people to fall for tech support scams.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized amendments to its Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), making it easier to protect consumers who are tricked into paying scam tech support companies.

The FTC’s latest decision continues this trend of adapting consumer protections to address modern challenges, specifically those posed by tech support scams. Tech support scams frequently ...

Whether through fake cryptocurrency, lottery scams, or tech support impersonation, this report from the FTC makes it clear there is work to do to better protect this age group. According to the ...

tech support scams and online sales. Among the 2.6 million fraud reports the Federal Trade Commission received in 2023, imposter scams are the most common. A typical imposter scam starts with a text ...

Mobile spam has evolved alongside messaging technology, and Rich Communication Services (RCS) may have worsened things. While ...

Inbound is also estimated to have allegedly routed more than 28.4 million DirecTV and cable discount scam robocalls in a single month in 2022. The FTC previously ... scams and tech support scams.

Wedbush expects tech stocks to be up 25% in 2025 as the Street further digests a less regulatory spider web under Trump in the White House with Khan/FTC days in the rear-view mirror, stronger AI ...

I’m 63 and have been on Social Security disability since 2008. My wife, also 63, stays home to care for me. We're in poor health and were denied or quoted high rates for long-term care insurance ...

There has been a recent spike in these online job scams, called “task scams,” over the past four years, the FTC said Thursday. The scams are often “gamified,” meaning they make the ...