A recent PayPal email scam used real PayPal messages to show fake purchase details and a callback number. See how it worked.

There’s a new PayPal phishing scam making the rounds, and it’s so convincing that even security-conscious users are getting caught in it. Unlike typical scams riddled with typos and fake domains, this ...

Some Grubhub users have received a tempting email offer from the food delivery service: send $1,000 in bitcoin to a specified wallet, and get 10 times that amount back. Unfortunately, this is very ...

Crypto users have reported an increase in scam emails impersonating exchanges like Coinbase and Gemini. These fraudulent ...

AI-powered scams are number four on our top scams list for 2025. Scammers use short audio clips found on social media to ...

You open your inbox and see a message titled "Payment order settled" with an official-looking invoice from Geek Squad. At first glance, it looks legitimate. It includes your email address and even a ...

Gift cards are key. They’re fast, hard to trace, and irreversible once the code is shared. By asking for photos or digital ...

You may feel like scams are everywhere, and you're right. Between unsolicited text messages about unpaid toll and traffic tickets and messages about packages you never ordered, scammers are as ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, online protection company McAfee is taking a major step forward in the fight against scams by introducing McAfee’s Scam Detector, a powerful new feature that ...

Everywhere you look there's a potential scam waiting to happen. Look no further than your inbox, CNET survey finds. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven ...