Contrary to popular belief, scam victims are no longer just the elderly or the digitally inexperienced. Increasingly, they include younger professionals, educated and digitally literate individuals.

Criminals combine a real person's Social Security number with other real or made-up details to trick credit issuers.

Fears of North Korea, online conspiracies and unproven claims of electoral fraud -- conservative South Korean men told AFP ...

The USAO for Northern Ohio made progress against elder fraud in 2024, securing convictions and raising awareness.

Florida woman, Cristine Petitfrere, sentenced to 2.5 years for laundering over $2.7 million from romance scams.

After Elon Musk called out Democrat opposition to voter ID laws, one lawmaker with the most ridiculous justification ...

Many infamous cases of affinity fraud involve relatives or ... and followed strictly as it relates to these elderly investors, for the firms' own protection." Pritchard and Owens noted that ...

A Florida woman has been sentenced for laundering millions of dollars made from romance scams. Cristine Petitfrere, a ...

A man from Carnforth was contacted by a person purporting to be a police officer from Scotland Yard and had a 'significant ...

A 20-year-old man who detectives believe “was acting as a courier in an organized fraud operation” is facing charges of elder ...

An elderly man was conned out of thousands of ... from people pretending to be police officers in the last week. Fraud protection officer Charlotte Platts said: "Unfortunately, we have received ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A San Diego family is disappointed the governor vetoed a bill to help elderly victims of financial scams.