Fraud losses reported by people 60 and older climbed to nearly $2.4 billion in 2024, quadrupling since 2020 Investment ...

From fake car warranties to phony charity appeals, the FTC reveals the most common tactics scammers are using.

The FBI reports Alaskans lost over $26.2 million to internet-based scams in 2024, with $1.3 million of those losses due to ...

Older Americans continued to lose billions of dollars to fraud in 2024, with scams increasingly exploiting trust, urgency and ...

Americans aged 60 and older lost a staggering $700 million to online scams in 2024, marking a sharp rise in fraud targeting seniors, according to the Federal Trade Commission. This figure, presented ...

2024 has been marked by the epidemic of scams. Powered by newfound capacities of artificial intelligence (AI), scams took a never-seen-before leap this year â shaking public trust in institutions and ...

Americans age 60 and older are reporting being victims of imposter scams in increasing numbers, according to the Federal Trade Commission. They sometimes lose all the savings held in a bank account or ...

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Older adults lost $2.4 billion to fraud schemes in 2024, driven largely by reported individual losses of more than $100,000 to investment and romance scams, and impersonations, according to the ...

In 2024, the cryptocurrency industry witnessed an unprecedented surge in scams, with revenues potentially reaching a record-breaking $12.4 billion, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis.