According to a report from the FBI, "pig butchering" and other crypto-related scams cost Americans $5.6 billion in 2023.

NEW ORLEANS — A woman named Louise, from Thibodaux, is featured in a recent social media post by the Lafourche Parish sheriff’s office warning people about the latest fraud sweeping Southeast ...

Scammers may have a harder time ripping off people in Spokane Valley after its city council voted unanimously Tuesday to ban ...

Just about every day, we receive emails from readers who have encountered new scams. Many involve cryptocurrency. The pattern keeps repeating. Someone receives a message that feels urgent, emotional ...

A St. Francis woman lost more than $80,000 to a cryptocurrency investment scam. She invested about $55,000 and paid another $30,000 in taxes and fees. The woman encountered the fake platform on social ...

A new law allows for people who have been the victim of a scam involving the use of virtual currency kiosks — often referred to as Bitcoin ATMs — to receive a full refund of their money, and one law ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. Affinity fraud is the name of the type of fraud where people put undeserved trust ...