With the IRS now accepting people's tax returns for 2025, a federal watchdog is warning Americans to beware of so-called phishing and smishing scams designed to trick people into unwittingly handing ...

There are reports that a legitimate Microsoft email address—which Microsoft explicitly says customers should add to their allow list—is delivering scam spam. According to an Ars reader, the address on ...

Messages that claim you're due a tax refund are scams. The scammers want your bank account or Social Security number. Don't respond to the message. Instead, report it and then delete it. Most of us ...

Amazon Prime customers are the latest group of consumers to be targeted by scammers, cybersecurity experts say. According to a Feb. 4 X post from Guardio Security, hackers are impersonating Amazon's ...

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ON THE AG’S EFFORTS TODAY TO EDUCATE SENIORS ABOUT THESE SCAMS. FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ATTENDED THIS EVENT IN HARRISBURG, IT WAS A RARE OPPORTUNITY, A CHANCE TO GET ADVICE ON HOW TO PREVENT SCAMS ...

Online scams are evolving faster than ever, exploiting AI, social engineering, and current events. From phishing emails to fake websites and crypto investment fraud, scammers leverage urgency, fear, ...

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is warning about a new email scam that impersonates the U.S. District Court and delivers malware disguised as a federal court summons.Kobach said his office has ...

It was a perfect June evening in New York when I received my first email from the source who would ask me to call him Red Bull. He was writing from hell, 8,000 miles away. A summer shower had left a ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

PCWorld reports that cybercriminals are exploiting Google’s new Gmail address change feature to send convincing phishing emails that appear to originate from legitimate Google systems. These ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...