CHICO — A reader recently sent me an email regarding an unusual transaction from her “bank” on a Sunday, which got me wondering: are certain scams more likely to appear outside of business hours? This ...

According to the FTC, fraud losses hit $15.9 billion in 2025. Imposter scams led in sheer number of reports, but investment scams caused the steepest financial damage.

Beware of Fake Payment Requests – Here’s How Scammers Are Stealing Your Money With the rise in digital payments, UPI frauds have also surged, and the latest trick used by scammers is Pull Transaction ...

Financial scams targeting seniors are exploding, with both the number of victims and dollar amount of losses doubling over the last four years, writes Rolland Johannsen, of Capital Performance Group.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Attorney General's Office (AGO) issued a warning about potential scams involving charities requesting donations via smartphone tap-to-pay features. During the 2024 ...

A woman in France struck up what she thought was an online relationship with a famous actor. Only after she had sent over $850,000 to “Brad” did she discover she’d been duped by ...

Bitcoin Depot has finally launched a new rule requiring ID checks for all transactions. The company introduced the new identity check to prevent crypto ATM fraud and improve its compliance program.

The victims were led to the Arizona convenience store by an increasingly familiar scam: Crooks had tricked them into believing they were in legal trouble, their bank accounts were hacked or that they ...

Several users in India recently complained that Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions are hanging or declining outright on platforms like PhonePe, Google Pay, and Paytm. In all these cases, ...

Retail has spent the last decade perfecting frictionless commerce through one-click checkouts, instant refunds and no-questions-asked returns. But the same systems designed to remove doubt and delay ...