A new analysis from a consumer-focused federal agency has revealed that rental scams are an ongoing issue for renters. The Federal Trade Commission, which protects consumers from unfair business ...

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The new year may give scammers an easy way to forge documents. Authorities across the country have shared in Facebook posts that you can protect yourself by not abbreviating the year 2020 when you ...

The highest numbers of scams were in California, Florida and Texas. Senior citizens lost almost $1 billion in scams in 2020, according to an FBI report released this week. A total of 105,301 people ...

Rental scams are surging online, costing millions. Consumer Reports breaks down the warning signs every renter — especially ...

Reports of fraud against older adults rose significantly in 2020, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Of the nearly 792,000 fraud complaints filed, approximately 28% of the victims were ...

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning that the number of online puppy scams has risen sharply in 2020. The rise in scams comes as more families seek to adopt pets to ease the loneliness, tension ...

A new report found that romance scams targeting older Americans have increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, with adults aged 60 and higher losing about $139 million in 2020 -- the ...

Picture this. You've spent decades saving for retirement, building up your 401(k) dollar by dollar. Then one day, it vanishes. Not through market crashes or bad investments, but because a scammer ...

The new year may give scammers an easy way to forge documents. Police in Maine shared in a Facebook post that you can protect yourself by not abbreviating the year 2020 when you write the date because ...