Fraud alerts and credit freezes help protect you from identity theft, either by alerting creditors to take extra steps to ...

Attorney General Nick Brown is warning Washington residents about a scam targeting injured, Spanish-speaking workers across ...

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), its Consumer Sentinel Network received almost 6.5 million reports in 2024 — 40% of which were for fraud and 18% were for identity theft. Indeed, ...

Cybercriminals are exploiting Apple’s reputation with fake “high alert” security warnings designed to panic consumers into giving up passwords, payment information, or remote access to their devices.

A text message lands on your iPhone: someone just charged $999 to your account for a device you never ordered. Before you can process the shock, your phone rings. The caller ID shows your bank’s name.

Consumer advocates are warning that scammers are increasingly targeting veterans and military families with sophisticated ...

For the past seven years, I’ve been helping South Floridians get results when things go wrong, whether it's for a refund that never showed up, a service that didn’t deliver, or a scam that put your ...

If you got a text message asking you to pay an unpaid toll, parking ticket, or moving violation, it is almost certainly a scam. Consumer Reports asked every toll agency in the U.S. whether it sends ...