From there, the scammer files a new deed with the local county clerk, transferring the property to their name or an alias.

The bilingual handbook similarly emphasizes that the scammer should quickly enmesh themselves in the target's life. The ...

The digital age has allowed Americans to transact business at their fingertips, from the comforts of their couch. Never has banking or shopping been more convenient — nor made us more vulnerable to ...

During a scam call, the scammer suddenly realizes his system has been infected. When he’s told the virus is Russian, his ...

An alleged crypto scammer posing as Coinbase support stole $2M using social engineering according to investigator ZachXBT.

In December 2024, a scammer who believed he was minutes away from stealing millions of dollars in Bitcoin instead collapsed into panic when his carefully staged con turned against him. What unfolded ...

Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do scammers ask victims to buy gift cards? What are some of the biggest ...

A heated confrontation took place between TraxNYC owner Maksud Agadjani and an alleged scammer jeweler, Akay Diamonds.

During a scam call, the scammer realizes something is wrong and tries to shut down his computer. The shutdown doesn’t work.

A woman has told of being conned out of £200,000 by a romance scammer who bombarded her with gushing messages every day for two-and-a-half years. Elizabeth, who is in her sixties and lives in rural ...

Capitol News Illinois (CNI) reports the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) disclosed recently that it mistakenly ...

This kind of fraud is known as “pig-butchering” because the gangs say targets are led like hapless pigs to slaughter. It is ...