From there, the scammer files a new deed with the local county clerk, transferring the property to their name or an alias.

The bilingual handbook similarly emphasizes that the scammer should quickly enmesh themselves in the target's life. The ...

Romance scams have reached a staggering amount in losses for victims, over a billion dollars, says the Federal Trade ...

An alleged crypto scammer posing as Coinbase support stole $2M using social engineering according to investigator ZachXBT.

In December 2024, a scammer who believed he was minutes away from stealing millions of dollars in Bitcoin instead collapsed into panic when his carefully staged con turned against him. What unfolded ...

During one call, a scammer asks where the victim’s mother is, then continues the conversation after being told she is dead.

Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do scammers ask victims to buy gift cards? What are some of the biggest ...

A woman has told of being conned out of £200,000 by a romance scammer who bombarded her with gushing messages every day for two-and-a-half years. Elizabeth, who is in her sixties and lives in rural ...

Security researcher Christian Haschek says he has mixed feelings about catching the scammer A cybersecurity researcher living in Austria who was scammed out of $500 (£375) says his money was returned ...

Capitol News Illinois (CNI) reports the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) disclosed recently that it mistakenly ...

This kind of fraud is known as “pig-butchering” because the gangs say targets are led like hapless pigs to slaughter. It is ...