Even more overwhelming is that 96 percent of Americans receive weekly phone calls from scammers, which Kerbs said is one of the ways that scammers gain access to voices to create AI ransomware.

Google says the group’s tools enabled scammers with little technical skill to impersonate agencies like the IRS and the USPS ...

Roblox is one of the world’s most popular kids’ games, but lawsuits around the country allege predators are hiding in plain sight.

If you get a text notice about owing tolls, you're going to want to listen up and be careful. 7 On Your Side tells you what ...

(Stacker) - First, it was phony parking tickets, then toll road scams, now scammers are at it again with an all-new, all-bad DMV text scam. The unfortunate popularity of this latest grift has caused ...

DATA WAS COMPROMISED. YOU’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING WHEN YOUR PHONE PINGS. IT’S A TEXT FROM AN UNKNOWN NUMBER. OF COURSE. IS IT REAL OR ANOTHER SCAM? A NEW CONSUMER REPORTS SURVEY FINDS THAT TECH ...

Common scams include impersonating law enforcement, demanding payment for fake warrants, and targeting families of ...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the biggest shopping days of the year — and prime season for scams. Now in 2025 scammers are more emboldened than ever, thanks to AI. According to research from ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

Scammers pretending to be Walmart employees are preying on consumers, according to the FCC. Here's what to watch out for.

BOSTON (WPRI) — The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is alerting residents to a surge in fraudulent text messages involving supposed unpaid traffic violations. According to the RMV, the ...

A scam impersonating the Massachusetts RMV is going around the Bay State. The scam threatens “enforcement actions” if the payment is not made. Massachusetts residents should also beware of text ...