A scam call escalates into a high-stakes situation involving a large bank withdrawal. The fraud attempt is tracked in real ...
Scammers increasingly work in teams, with different people posing as bank employees, lawyers, government agents or ...
A River Forest woman says she lost thousands of dollars after attempting to change an airline reservation and allegedly being ...
Scammers are now pretending to be third party travel sites, and trick hotels into giving them customer information.
The FBI does not initiate contact through social media direct messages to assist with fund recovery. Scammers, however, frequently do, often by posing as agents to gain a victim’s trust. To combat ...
Prosecutors filed five forfeiture cases as Secret Service agents traced funds from thousands of victims to launderers in ...
A Chinese asylum seeker living in NYC allegedly targeted an elderly woman in a $360,000 tech support scam involving fake IRS ...
The FBI has a team that works directly with banks to track and freeze fraudulent transfers, giving victims of scams something ...
PeopleFinders reports that summer scams are on the rise, with common types including travel imposters, gambling schemes, unpaid toll claims, and disaster relief fraud.
In December, Trump sent out a fundraising email warning recipients that Democrats would steal their “tariff rebate checks” if ...
Special Agent in Charge Craig Tremaroli said those who have received calls should hang up and report the calls to the FBI.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an official alert warning social media users of scammers impersonating FBI agents. Here’s what you need to know.