Ghost tapping tries to exploit tap-to-pay to steal your money. The scammer targets physical payment cards and mobile wallets. The scam can be hard to pull off, but scammers persist. Tapping to pay for ...

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As economic uncertainty and persistent inflation are eroding our pay checks and imperilling our pensions, it’s not surprising that many of us are looking to make our money go a bit further.

Digital scammers have never been so successful. Last year Americans lost $16.6 billion to online crimes, with almost 200,000 people reporting scams like phishing and spoofing to the FBI. More than ...

The scam text messages follow a similar pattern: You need to pay an outstanding toll road fee, or a parcel can’t be properly delivered, they say. “The USPS package arrived at the warehouse but could ...

Receiving security alerts can send you into a panic — and that’s what cybercriminals are relying on. In the latest wave of scams targeting Apple customers, iPhone users receive a text instructing them ...

Cybercriminals have increasingly been using AI to scam their victims, often through text messages and phone calls. Now, Google is using a similar tactic to protect you from those scammers. Also: Did ...

A Minnesota woman received a box filled with baby reveal balloons from Amazon. A family in Illinois had dozens of boxes from Temu delivered to their doorstep, including military hats and cameras. A ...

Two Americans, two North Koreans, and a Mexican man have been indicted for their roles in an IT worker scam. According to the Department of Justice (DoJ), Pak Jin-Song, Jin Sung-Il, and other North ...

Homeowners across the U.S. are being targeted in a sophisticated scam in which callers pose as mortgage lenders to defraud people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Federal Communications ...

Some Indian government websites continue to allow the planting of scammy links on their official domains months after TechCrunch reported the issue. TechCrunch found more than 90 “gov.in” website ...