Security experts are sounding the alarm after a new wave of Medicare “verification” scam calls started hitting phones across the country, and this time, the trick feels especially sneaky. Scammers no ...

Tuesday the Federal Trade Commission announced it is cracking down on illegal telemarketers in one of the biggest multi-agency sweeps ever. The FTC is partnering with 101 law enforcement agencies, ...

Join The Village Project on May 6 from 2:30–4:00 p.m. at Banner Grange (12629 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley) for a free, ...

Chatham County Police launched a “Stop. Check. Protect.” scam awareness campaign after reported losses reached nearly ...

Fraud schemes and scammers keep making headlines with U.S. victims reporting huge losses. A recent study suggests that information sharing, better technology and more communication may be the keys to ...

CCPD chief Jeff Hadley said people in Chatham County have been scammed out of around $800,000 just this year alone.

You pick up the phone and hear a stern voice claiming you owe money. Maybe it's for a credit card you don't recognize, a loan you never took out or some old bill you thought was long gone. Panic sets ...

A simple question potentially saved a south Kansas City woman thousands of dollars.

A nationwide vishing scheme was linked back to two men who were incarcerated in a South Georgia state prison. Surprisingly, they managed to pull off a massive voiced-based phishing scam from behind ...

It sounds like the plot of an action movie: a man is convinced his wife has been kidnapped, and he has to pay a ransom. San Antonio police say that's the story a criminal told a local man in an effort ...

Whenever I cite statistics on the number of victims of scams and the dollar losses, I always note that the actual numbers are much higher because most scams are never reported. There are a variety of ...