The Federal Trade Commission is urging everyone to be prepared with a simple plan that can stop a scam before it starts.

FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak delivers a simple, powerful rule for spotting scams: if someone unexpectedly tells you to pay or move your money to fix a “problem,” it’s a fraud. Real officials will ...

Adults aged 60 and older were more likely to report extraordinarily high losses. An 18-year-old consumer in Michigan lost $4,800 this summer to a 'transfer it to protect it' scam after receiving an ...

WASHINGTON — New Federal Trade Commission data reveals a more than four-fold increase since 2020 in reports from adults 60 and older who lost $10,000 or more to impersonation scams, with combined ...

Tuesday the Federal Trade Commission announced it is cracking down on illegal telemarketers in one of the biggest multi-agency sweeps ever. The FTC is partnering with 101 law enforcement agencies, ...

Scammers impersonating the government stole $789 million from people in 2024, according to the Federal Trade Commission, and now they've come up with *** sneaky new tactic to target you. Here's how it ...

We at CNET commonly suggest victims contact the Federal Trade Commission or the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center to share their experience if they've endured any type of fraud or identity theft.

An impersonation scam, or imposter scam, is when a criminal pretends to be someone they aren't to get access to your money or financial information. A new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC ...

Like a lot of people, I get scam texts all the time – phony Amazon fraud alerts, fake USPS delivery notices, even texts from “wrong numbers” that somehow turn flirty or businesslike. As someone who ...

WASHINGTON - In the last few weeks, Barbara Jewell-Potter has received several messages, claiming to be from healthcare.gov.

The safest way to handle an FTC settlement email apparently from PayPal is to not click any links and instead go directly to ...