Online extortion scams, when scammers make threats and demands to get your money, are becoming more frequent. In 2023, the FBI recorded more than 48,000 extortion victims — a 22% jump from the prior ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ experiences with and views of online scams and attacks. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,397 adults from April 14 to 20, 2025.

LEWES, Del., June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- HCSK today released Stolen Trust: A Special Study on America's Elder Fraud Landscape, an independent nonprofit landscape study of scams targeting Americans 60 ...

Americans lost $470 million to scams that began with a single text message in 2024, according to data the Federal Trade Commission released in April 2025. The agency identified six categories driving ...

A scam targeting work-from-home job hunters has been found to cost Australians more than all other scam types combined. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released findings ...

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This content is for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide legal advice. Fraud creates long-lasting damage within organizations and public systems. It weakens trust, disrupts fair ...

Technology will have a huge role to play in fraud detection with GenAI and consortium analytics shown to have the most promise The NICE Actimize “2025 EMEA Financial Fraud Trends and Investment ...

The Forex market is the most liquid financial market, with daily turnover that currently exceeds $7 trillion and is expected to reach $10 trillion this decade. Regrettably, its popularity and massive ...

The US has listed seven types of immigration fraud that foreigners should avoid when applying for visas, seeking employment ...

Scamnetic releaseed KnowScam 2.0, its flagship product for scam protection and digital identity verification. KnowScam 2.0 builds on everything users already trust — now with major upgrades, including ...