The episode shows how anyone can be deceived — even a city with a population of more than 231,000 people and an entire finance department watching out for it.

A 36-year-old New Jersey man has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for operating an unlicensed money transmitting ...

A man from Ghana pleaded guilty in connection with a romance scheme that defrauded elderly victims from Arizona and across ...

Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint targeting more than $225.3 million in cryptocurrency tied to ...

Authorities are trying to recover items a North Jersey man bought with $100,000 he allegedly swindled from a European woman ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who is concerned about their friend who is dating someone ...

Scamless expands its AI-driven social media scam detector that identifies Instagram DM scams, Facebook Messenger fraud, ...

Romance and investment fraud is at record levels but what can you do to prevent being caught out.

Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo crafted false identities and stories to manipulate victims on online dating platforms.

In this excerpt from WIRED Book Club pick “The Yahoo Boys,” journalist Carlos Barragán traces one scammer’s journey from flop to fortune.

AI has helped these scams blossom. But the tax code now offers little relief for those who have lost money to a romance scam—unless it turns into an investment scam. Valentine’s Day has typically been ...

Jeremy Renner is fighting a fraud lawsuit filed by a California woman who claims she was scammed out of more than $23,000 by someone she believed was the Hollywood actor. Renner has denied any ...