Please do not believe anyone who calls out of the blue and likely is only claiming to be from your bank to scare you into ...

Losing your life savings to fraud is not a distant fear; it is a real and growing risk. Scams involving criminals pretending to be bank representatives have surged, with the Federal Trade Commission ...

The Indian River County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a bank impersonation scam being reported in the community ...

American financial institutions face an escalating challenge: criminals are systematically weaponizing US bank accounts to move, disguise and launder illicit funds. Over the past five years, evidence ...

Noel Phillips can’t believe he was cleaned out so quickly — and easily. The New York millennial was bled dry earlier this year by a group of scammers who used phone number-spoofing technology — ...

Bank-fraud malware attacks are about to get a lot more common because anyone can now rent a ready-made Android banking trojan kit off Telegram. A banking trojan is malicious software disguised as a ...

JPMorgan Chase's own former head of scam prevention alleged that the largest U.S. bank deliberately relabeled genuine fraud losses as authorized "scams" — a distinction worth more than $100 million in ...

Every year, about 90% of consumers either fall for or encounter online scams. And while many consumers are sophisticated enough to avoid some of the most common scams, it doesn't take much for a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. Mail theft and check fraud are soaring, costing an estimated $21 billion in 2023, ...

Top Stories from Aug. 3, 2026 Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the name of the woman. We regret the error. CRESTVIEW, Fla. (WKRG) — A Crestview woman ...