Americans lost a staggering $3.5 billion last year in imposter scams. Scammers can convince victims they are under criminal investigation and need to pay a big fee to avoid arrest, pose as a charity ...

Even tech-savvy and experienced internet users can fall victim to online scams. Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, using technology and psychology to exploit trust and emotions. Fake ...

Times journalists got a rare look inside one of the compounds where the online fraud industry makes its billions. Inspirational slogans (“Keep going”) were just the start. Times journalists got a rare ...

Romance scams are among the most emotionally damaging forms of cyber crime because they combine carefully manufactured intimacy with financial theft – the scammers go after your heart, and then your ...