Federal fraud investigators say the telephone remains the most reliable weapon in a scammer’s toolkit, and the pitches keep getting sharper. Consumer complaints now describe cloned voices, spoofed ...

Medicare and Social Security scams use spoofed caller ID, AI-cloned voices and urgent threats to trick older adults into ...

A Pennsylvania sheriff has issued a warning about a “high pressure” phone scam that cost one victim over $30,000. Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin Kraus said in a Facebook post that his office was ...

Kris Sampson was working from home in Missoula, Montana, when her phone lit up with a call that appeared to come from her adult daughter. Sampson says the caller ID showed her name and photo, and the ...

A veteran newsman who has spent years reporting on scams almost became the victim of one himself, and he's now warning others after a phone call nearly convinced him to empty his bank account. CBS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CBS chief correspondent Matt Gutman has opened up about a "very scary" phone scam he nearly fell for, warning others to beware of ...

Someone you love could be standing at a bank counter right now, ready to wire money to a stranger. The voice in their ear may sound calm, official and urgent. Yet it could belong to a professional ...