Used phones can slash hundreds or even thousands off the price of a flagship device, but the savings come with risks. Between phones that mysteriously stop working days after purchase, devices locked ...

Fake Amazon and eBay sites are spiking ahead of Black Friday, using real logos, photos, and “too good to be true” prices to fool shoppers Before you buy, tap the full URL, sanity-check prices, avoid ...

Online scams can happen to anyone. Not only can they make people lose money, they can be very stressful to deal with. It’s important to learn how to identify a scam before it happens in order to keep ...

The messages are still coming, so that means people are still falling for it. For a few months now, the latest scam is when you get a text message from E-ZPass and it comes with troubling news: you ...

Scammers are getting faster, smarter, and more ruthless—and thanks to AI, 2026 may be their most profitable year yet. Here's ...

Consumers lost almost $2 billion to social-media scams last year. Here are some red flags to watch out for. In January, Hawaii-based influencer Kyla Neumann bought remineralizing gum, a product that ...

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.

The internet is littered with unproven health supplements that use deceptive marketing and sales practices to trick victims into handing over their money. Not all health supplements are scams, but ...