You log into your bank account and see you have a surprise deposit. Though you may think of it as an unexpected blessing, ...

Fraud losses reported by people 60 and older climbed to nearly $2.4 billion in 2024, quadrupling since 2020 Investment scams—often tied to social m ...

Walmart Inc. must pay $10 million to settle federal charges that it allowed scammers to use its money transfer services to take hundreds of millions of dollars from customers. The Federal Trade ...

DALLAS (KDAF) — PayPal is a giant in online payment processing, making it an appealing target for fraudsters looking for an easy payday. By learning how fraudsters usually operate on PayPal, you can ...

Online scams are evolving fast, but the tricks behind them are surprisingly predictable once you know what to look for. I ...

Zelle is an electronic person-to-person payment service offered by many U.S. banks as an alternative to nonbank P2P services, like PayPal or Venmo. Zelle is convenient if you have a bank checking ...

CHICAGO -- A new scam is targeting users of popular mobile payment apps. Some said they've been tricked into paying criminals thousands of dollars. "It's really distressing," Nausheen Brooks said. She ...

Action 9 investigator Jason Stoogenke warns consumers often about scammers pretending to be with the popular money app, Zelle. However, Stoogenke says to also beware of imposters saying they’re with ...

Adults aged 60 and older were more likely to report extraordinarily high losses. An 18-year-old consumer in Michigan lost $4,800 this summer to a 'transfer it to protect it' scam after receiving an ...

Losses Surge to €4.2 Billion. Europe’s latest payment fraud figures are stark. According to the joint 2025 EBA-ECB report, ...

If you’re like most people, you transfer money on a regular basis. You might move funds from a checking account to a savings account to boost your emergency cash reserves. Perhaps you send a friend ...