According to the FTC, fraud losses hit $15.9 billion in 2025. Imposter scams led in sheer number of reports, but investment scams caused the steepest financial damage. Every year, the Federal Trade ...

Phone scammers who disguised their caller ID to mimic banks and police departments stole more than $215 million from Americans last year, according to the FBI’s latest annual Internet Crime Report ...

The FBI is warning that phone-call scams using caller ID spoofing and impersonation have already stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from people in the United States, including at least $215 ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is backing new federal rules aimed at cutting scammers off from one of the simplest tools used to reach consumers: real telephone numbers. Murrill joined 48 ...

As the 2025 tax season nears, the Federal Trade Commission has warned of phone scams where callers impersonate IRS officials to steal personal information. These scams involve unexpected calls from ...

The WhatsApp logo appears on a smartphone screen and as a background on a computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on August 6, 2025. WhatsApp takes down 6.8 million accounts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (The Center Square) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is backing new federal rules aimed at cutting scammers off from one ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has joined a coalition of 49 attorneys general to combat robocalls. The coalition is urging the FCC to tighten rules on how phone numbers are obtained and resold ...

(The Center Square) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is backing new federal rules aimed at cutting scammers off from one of the simplest tools used to reach consumers: real telephone numbers.