Americans are losing at least $119 billion every year to scams, according to a new estimate from the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America, a consumer advocacy group. There is no formal U.S.

As tax season nears its halfway point, the Internal Revenue Service recently launched a webpage for taxpayers to report fraudulent activity by scammers. “Improvements to the IRS fraud reporting system ...

San Francisco’s already cutthroat rental market has a new villain — social media scammers swiping legit apartment listings and flipping them into viral bait for desperate renters. Fraudsters are ...

I’m not even looking for an apartment right now, and I still can’t escape San Francisco’s rental scams. As real estate agents evolve from home representatives to social media influencers, my Instagram ...

WCNC, CHARLOTTE, N.C. - With taxpayers seeing larger refunds so far this season, consumer experts are warning that scammers are trying to cash in. Early filing data from the Internal Revenue Service ...

My husband and I owe the IRS absolutely nothing. Yet in the last two weeks, I’ve been getting calls to my mobile number that make it seem as if the government has an issue with our tax situation. The ...

Artificial intelligence is making travel scams more sophisticated and harder to detect. Scammers use AI to create flawless phishing messages, fake booking sites, and deepfake voice calls. If you ...

Credit: Photo Illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images Nearly a year after his YouTube channel was hacked by crypto scammers, Steve still thinks about ...

Common scams include fake refund claims, threats of arrest, and suspicious links impersonating the official IRS.gov website. The IRS will not initiate contact through unsolicited texts, emails, or ...

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DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Millions of dollars were lost to scams across the Triangle last year, according to a new report from the Better Business Bureau of Eastern Carolinas. Alyssa Parker with the BBB ...