These tricks have become more convincing every year, and millions of people fall for them. Learning how to avoid scams is not ...

A woman in France struck up what she thought was an online relationship with a famous actor. Only after she had sent over $850,000 to “Brad” did she discover she’d been duped by ...

Increasingly sophisticated fraud is on the rise. One of the fastest growing is synthetic identity fraud (SIF), which sees criminals creating new, false identities using a combination of real, stolen ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. ALBANY, N.Y., May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Fraud costs Medicare an estimated $60 billion per year according to the New ...

The IRS is encouraging taxpayers to get an identity protection PIN (IP PIN). An IP PIN is a six-digit number that helps prevent thieves from filing federal tax returns in your name. With worries about ...