Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Common scams include fake refund claims, threats of arrest, and suspicious links impersonating the official IRS.gov website. The IRS will not initiate contact through unsolicited texts, emails, or ...

PAYSON, AZ (AZFamily) — Two California residents are in custody after being caught in a scam that led to a Payson resident losing a “large quantity” of gold. The Payson Police Department arrested ...

The quest to live forever has fascinated humans for millennia. The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 4,000 years ago, follows a king who searches the world for a plant that can restore youth, only to ...

Legitimate tax relief companies help taxpayers navigate existing IRS options like payment plans and offers in compromise. Warning signs of a scam include guarantees of debt reduction, large upfront ...

Job hunting has become even more treacherous as scammers use artificial intelligence to create sophisticated fake recruitment schemes that fool even experienced professionals. These new scams use ...

FBI field offices across the country are warning about the ongoing rise in romance scams as more people turn to online dating and social media to find love ahead of Valentine’s Day. Officials said ...

The BBB Scam Tracker service allows consumers to report a scam that targeted them, whether or not they fell for it, and to find out what kinds of scams other consumers have reported. Phony job offers ...

Scam emails are getting better at looking official. This one claims to be an urgent warning from Microsoft about your email account. It looks serious. It feels time sensitive. And that is exactly the ...

Amazon Prime customers are the latest group of consumers to be targeted by scammers, cybersecurity experts say. According to a Feb. 4 X post from Guardio Security, hackers are impersonating Amazon's ...

Multiple FBI field offices are warning the public about romance scams intensifying ahead of Valentine’s Day this week, urging vigilance and immediate reporting of suspicious online relationships. In ...

Online scams are evolving faster than ever, exploiting AI, social engineering, and current events. From phishing emails to fake websites and crypto investment fraud, scammers leverage urgency, fear, ...