Scammers who pour dirty oil in coolant tanks and over engines and exhausts have been targeting private vehicle sellers in the ...

By Kim Faura, Joint Managing Director at Gumtree The circular economy is often talked about in relation to tackling climate change, but in 2025 it has become an economic solution too. The second-hand ...

The cassette tape is making a comeback with prices of recent albums sold in the retro format as much as quadrupling in value ...

A fraudster has avoided jail after conning a woman on Universal Credit out of £800 with a fake property advert - and scamming another victim into sending her £1,000 in exchange for a box of Christmas ...

The caller ID said “Chase Bank,” and the man on the line said I might be a victim of fraud. His supervisor would explain. Credit...Jordan Speer Supported by By Michael Wilson “Please hold,” the caller ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ experiences with and views of online scams and attacks. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,397 adults from April 14 to 20, 2025.

Americans age 60 and older have lost more than $745 million to scams in the first three months of 2025, nearly $200 million more than at the same point last year, according to the Federal Trade ...

Something you can be sure of when it comes to scams and swindles is that the methods used to try to part you from your data, your money, or both are constantly changing—which of course makes it more ...

There’s a new PayPal phishing scam making the rounds, and it’s so convincing that even security-conscious users are getting caught in it. Unlike typical scams riddled with typos and fake domains, this ...

Lately, I’ve had way too many calls on my shows from people who have lost thousands (sometimes hundreds of thousands) to scams. These are so cleverly evil, it’s like Ocean’s Eleven but starring a dude ...

Be careful out there. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; krblokhin / Jeffrey Coolidge / Photodisc / Glow Images / Glowimages / Isaac Lee / iStock / Getty / Indeed If you're concerned about scams ...

Imagine you meet someone new. Be it on a dating app or social media, you chance across each other online and get to talking. They’re genuine and relatable, so you quickly take it out of the DMs to a ...