We often receive text alerts from our banks about potential fraudulent transactions. While these notifications are meant to protect us, they can sometimes be exploited by savvy thieves. Here's a ...

Researchers pitted a person against a Claude agent and found that, after a week of texting, the AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” with others.

As job-seekers look for work in a challenging environment, an increasing number are falling victim to job scams that promise good pay for completing easy online tasks, according to the Federal Trade ...

The state is cutting off one of scammers' most effective tools for stealing thousands of dollars from individuals.

Some patients are forced to deal with “infuriating” attempts at exploitation while navigating their disease. Since receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2021, Lashelle Scott, who lives in the ...

Burma's new law mandates the death penalty for internet scammers months after the FBI's $8 billion Bitcoin seizure from a ...

We may have found the killer app for AI. Well, actually, British telecom provider O2 has. As The Guardian reports, they have an AI chatbot that acts like a 78-year-old grandmother and receives phone ...

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. (WHTM) – A local police department says scammers are targeting the families of inmates, claiming their ...

Scammers have various methods when it comes to getting their hands on your phone number. You might think, "Well, what's the big deal? Isn't it easy to find someone's number these days, no matter what?

Scammers increasingly work in teams, with different people posing as bank employees, lawyers, government agents or ...

Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Bill Hinton / Moment / Galina Chetvertina / J Studios / DigitalVision / loops7 / E+ / jittawit.21 / iStock / Getty A call from someone pretending to be an IRS ...

Imagine getting scammed, reaching out to what you thought was the FBI and then getting scammed again. That’s what’s happening ...