Meet our experts: Daniel Simons, Ph.D, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and ...

Scammers are increasingly posing as FBI agents, using fear and urgency to pressure people into sending money or sharing ...

I hesitate to tell Dallas’ Bob Barrese what I learned about the scourge of scam telephone callers. He’s already on edge. According to Barrese, some days he gets up to 15 calls. He’s done all the right ...

Thousands of people are bilked every year by criminals who enter the lives of their victims through their telephones. AARP once found that about half of all mobile calls were fraudulent, and that the ...

A woman was arrested and charged with extortion after allegedly stealing $5,000 from a woman in a phone scam, claiming to be ...

The impersonators take many forms, and they come prepared with countless stories for Beaufort County residents. But one narrative unites their schemes: You’re in trouble, and money is the only way out ...

High school grads face rising scams—from fake scholarships to housing, job, and loan fraud. Learn warning signs and how ...

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is reporting an uptick in phone scams from people impersonating local police and ...