Americans 60 and older lost more than $7.7 billion to scams last year, and AI is making the cons harder to spot. I spoke to ...

Whether it’s fake donation sites after natural disasters, bogus investment opportunities tied to new technology, phony ...

About 73% of U.S. adults have been scammed online, according to a report from the Pew Research Center. The majority of them are contacted by scammers weekly—sometimes daily. Email scams, also known as ...

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In 2024, Americans reported losing $470 million to scams that started with texts, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Text scams are also becoming harder to detect with AI. Knowing what to look ...

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Super Scam Me star Mariana van Zeller talks to HTG about going undercover to spotlight the dangers of romance scammers.

Online scams are an ever-present threat, costing Americans nearly $119 billion a year. It’s not just happening on the internet either. Robocalls and text scams hit a six-year high in 2025. Now, with ...

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Imagine matching with someone on a dating app who seems to have it all: charm, wealth, a glamorous lifestyle and serious intentions about building a future with you. That was the promise prosecutors ...

SAN ANTONIO – Amid the continued popularity of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, it’s not hard to find cryptocurrency ATMs or kiosks at gas stations and neighborhood corner stores. But it’s not hard to ...