You open your inbox and see a message that instantly makes your stomach drop. Someone claims they have your passwords, your files, your credit card details and your ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A scheme is hitting email inboxes across the country that uses public images of people's homes to attempt to trick them into sending scammers thousands of dollars in Bitcoin. Michael ...

In 2023, scams targeting Americans ages 60 and over caused more than $3.4 billion in losses, according to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center. (1) And the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports ...

While there is no evidence the criminals behind the emails really do have access to the victims’ webcams or computers, ...

An FBI alert and new fraud data by Entrust show criminals are increasingly using AI-generated deepfake videos to escalate kidnapping and extortion scams, raising new risks for consumers and families.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 911 call to report he was the victim of an extortion scam led to death of an autistic man at the hands of police earlier this ...

A single mom has revealed the shocking way scammers threatened to destroy her small business unless she paid up. Gina Tsigaris, owner of Sydney-based removalist company Move it with Gina, said her ...

SOLON, Ohio (WJW) – Police are warning parents about a scam targeting teenagers on social media platforms after a devious plot to extort money from a 16-year-old boy was thwarted earlier this month.

FBI officials in Southern California and across the nation are warning the public of a new type of scam in which tech-savvy con-artists have been creating fake photos and videos to convince victims ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation published a public-service announcement on December 5, 2025, warning that criminals are now digitally altering photos and videos scraped from social media to ...