BrokerChooser analyzed 2024 FBI fraud data and compared reported cryptocurrency losses with the cost of in-state college ...

Fake USPS package notifications. Fake IRS tax notices. Fake toll road bills. If you own a phone in the US, you've been receiving these texts for years, and they've been getting harder to spot.

The Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act would roll back limitations introduced by the Trump administration.

They told consumers the IRS was investigating them, “red flagged their account,” or marked it as “high risk” and promised to ...

A scam targeting older Americans is turning one of the oldest symbols of financial security — gold — into a way for criminals ...

SEQUIM — The first warning during a financial scam prevention seminar came from the presentation computer. When Clallam ...

The numbers show the scale of the broader problem. People aged 60 and older reported more than $7.7 billion in losses to the FBI in 2025, up 59% from the previous year. The average reported loss was ...

Kern County Assessor-Recorder Laura Avila issued a advisory Wednesday about false claims and scams urging property owners to file an IRS form that doesn’t exist. A news release from her office said ...

AI has dramatically raised the sophistication of scams through convincing deepfake videos, professional-looking investment platforms, cloned voices, and realistic virtual interviews. — Photo by JOSHUA ...

Kern County property owners, especially seniors, are being warned about a property tax scam circulating online that falsely claims people can freeze their ...

Officials said some viral videos and articles touting property tax relief are false and have led to an influx of calls.

“The person said he was an officer of the Department of Criminal Investigations looking into drug trafficking and money laundering,” the woman recalled. He seemed to know a lot about her: the states ...