WASHINGTON — Lottery officials are warning of scammers who are impersonating Mega Millions online to promote a fake “special drawing.” One current scam example claims to be promoting a $5 billion ...

Trademark scams are on the rise and include increasingly varied communications attempting to trick trademark applicants and registrants into paying fees. If you receive any communications regarding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People nationwide are being alerted of an ongoing text message scam in which recipients receive fake text messages claiming they ...

American consumers lost a total of $2.1 billion to scams on social media last year, according to the Federal Trade Commission ...

A woman in France struck up what she thought was an online relationship with a famous actor. Only after she had sent over $850,000 to “Brad” did she discover she’d been duped by ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ experiences with and views of online scams and attacks. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,397 adults from April 14 to 20, 2025.

Costco's trusted reputation and massive membership base appear to make it a prime target for increasingly complicated scams. Messages that look polished and familiar have begun circulating widely, ...

Text message scam attempts have increased by 50 percent in the past year, with young adults experiencing the sharpest rise of any age group. That’s one of several important findings in the 2025 Cyber ...

From fake NHS Covid tests to QR code parking scams, Which? has exposed hundreds of scams to help you stay one step ahead of the scammers…. In response to this worrying trend, Which? launched a free ...

Facebook posts about the dangers of consumers receiving a package as part of a brushing scam warn that the lone act of scanning a malicious QR code — a code found inside the unsolicited parcel — can ...

Identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement due to fraud are among the most challenging aspects of auditing in recent years, according to outreach conducted by the AICPA Auditing ...