Most types of financial fraud are relatively straightforward: the fraudster uses creative accounting, inflated numbers, or out-and-out lies to trick their victim into handing over money or valuables ...

In the modern era, personal finance scams come in all shapes and sizes, some in remaining old fashion by way of being in person while the majority have migrated to online. For those growing up in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Brown County Sheriff's Office has investigated over $4.6 million lost to cryptocurrency scams since the beginning of 2024, ...

Experian recently released its annual Future of Fraud Forecast, highlighting five emerging fraud threats that could challenge businesses and consumers this year. Experts’ predictions show that ...

Here is what is known so far as Minnesota and the administration of Democratic Gov. Tim Walz continue to grapple with a burgeoning fraud scandal that has metastasized into a series of different, ...

The United States Attorney’s Office said the case involves the alleged use of more than 100 stolen identities to obtain over ...

The voice authentication and deepfake detection specialist said its new report, Inside the 2025 AI Fraud Spike, is based on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The government is cracking down on benefit fraud. (Danny Lawson, PA Images) The government is ramping up efforts to drive down ...

But the underlying scheme at the center of federal prosecutors' case is actually quite simple: Collins tipped his son off to bad news coming from a biotechnology company, allowing his son and seven ...

The Brown County Sheriff's Office has investigated over $4.6 million lost to cryptocurrency scams since the beginning of 2024, according to Sgt. Justin Raska. A relatively new scam format in which ...