Raleigh officials are urging residents and visitors to be cautious of counterfeit QR codes that have been spotted around the area at various paid parking lots. The City of Raleigh first reported the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The scam often arrives from a close friend. (Anna Barclay via Getty Images) WhatsApp has taken action against the ‘PIN Code scam’ ...

Get a notice of hearing in the mail for a traffic violation in New Jersey? Fear not, it may not be real. Police in Bergen County's New Milford are warning about a scam involving fake "Notice of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Wayne County, Indiana, Sheriff’s Office wrote in a social media post that they received reports over the weekend about a text ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Maricopa County judge has sentenced a man for his role in a 2024 scam that prosecutors say stole tens of thousands of dollars from elderly residents across the Valley. Maricopa ...

The expanded use of QR codes has been a convenience for some and an annoyance for many. Does anyone really want to scan one with their phones to read a restaurant menu? Lately they have become another ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office issued an “urgent consumer alert” about a sophisticated text messaging scam (“smishing”) that is targeting residents in the ...

Americans are losing at least $119 billion every year to scams, according to a new estimate from the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America, a consumer advocacy group. Subscribe to read this story ...

PG&E says nearly 24,000 customers across its service area reported scam attempts in 2025, with local victims losing money to fraudulent payment demands. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Scammers are ...

(WJW) — Even Ohio law enforcement is not impervious to getting scam notifications. The Streetsboro Police Department said in a social media post that one of its detectives recently received a “very ...

Getting a random package you didn't order used to be either a shipping mistake or a mildly annoying marketing ploy. Now it might be something worse, the FBI has warned in a public service announcement ...