The Federal Trade Commission warned consumers about a recurring phishing scam involving fraudulent mailers that claim ...
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Take at least three steps as soon as you can if you've been scammed and lost money: Contact the FBI, your bank and file a local police report.
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While 80% of the 1 million reports of imposter scams involved no monetary loss, the other 20% reported losing $3.5 billion collectively, according to the FTC. Business impersonators got away with $1 ...
The Federal Trade Commission reported that Americans lost $3.5 billion to imposter scams in 2025, a record that reflects losses nearly tripling since 2020. For the fifth year running, no fraud ...
According to the FTC, recipients receive an "unexpected text that looks like it’s from Amazon," asking them to visit a link ...
Americans lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, according to a new report from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The agency reports that losses from social media scams have increased ...
Listen, when I share scam alerts on here, I'm not trying to insult your intelligence. I try to share the scams that don't immediately scream scam, the ones that people could reasonably fall for. So I ...
SmartCustomer reports that summer travel fraud peaked in Q3 2025, with over 14,000 reports and $40 million in losses, ...