"She got all comfy in seat 8D with her mom I guess, so you would have thought it was her seat. Well lo and behold, the right seat owner comes up and of course says, excuse me, but you’re in my ...

RESPONDING TO THAT MESSAGE COULD COST YOU MONEY. SO THIS IS KNOWN AS THE FAKE INVOICE SCAM, SOMETIMES ALSO KNOWN AS THE PAYMENT CONFIRMATION SCAM. THE GOAL HERE IS TO MAKE YOU BELIEVE YOU’RE ...

"The average person could certainly be fooled by this scam," Culver said. ABC13 asked Culver if the person or persons behind it were in the U.S. or abroad, and she said they were working to find out.

A Ugandan man named Jalil Muyeke traveled to Thailand for a promising job opportunity. He ended up being trafficked into a cybercrime operation. Jalil Muyeke at his home in Uganda in July. Mr ...

One increasingly inescapable fact of modern life is fielding endless attempts to scam you—to get your financial details, to spoof your identity, or even to engage you in an improbable romance scam.

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn woman was scammed out of $100,000 in an elaborate scheme involving a frozen computer, an in-person meeting and a secret code word. As police search for the alleged scammer ...

This week, for our podcast, our Today, Explained colleague Matt Collette asks: Why does going to the dentist sometimes feel like a scam? “I feel like every time I go to the dentist, it’s like ...

However, a scam that uses the codes at parking meters is making people become more vigilant before they pay. “Think twice before scanning QR codes in public,” a TikTok user said in a post.

By Tara Siegel Bernard After reporting this series, Tara, who writes about personal finance, thinks everything is a scam. Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the ...

An upstate New York automobile association is warning its members of a recent uptick in fraudulent emails and text messages. AAA Western and Central New York alerted its members to the fraudulent ...

There is a new twist on a sextortion email scam, as police in Connecticut are warning about cyberthieves adding more personal information to lure victims. The scammers are looking to steal their ...