More than 3,700 New Yorkers reported instances of internet fraud or made other complaints about online issues in 2024 — a 44% spike from the year before, according to New York Attorney General ...

Internet-related scams continue to increase, with those aged 60 and older being the most susceptible to an assortment of schemes.

What's behind "staggering" surge in cybercrime over the last year 02:30. Scammers stole a record $16.6 billion in 2024, the FBI said on Wednesday. That marked a 33% increase from 2023, according ...

On the 15th of every June, since 2006, citizens globally observe World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, a global initiative to ...

Impersonation scams jump 148% in 2025, dominating identity theft threats. Learn how AI fuels this new wave of fraud and why ...

Digital fraud is nothing new; it's been a problem since the early days of the internet. The problem has historically been focused on markets like North America and Europe. That may be changing ...

It said nearly 860,000 complaints of suspected Internet crimes detailed reported losses that exceeded $16 billion, which was a 33% increase in financial losses from 2023, in sharp contrast to the ...

Nationwide, the report contains information from 859,532 complaints of suspected internet crime, and details of reported losses exceeding $16 billion -- an increase of 33% in losses from 2023.

One of the newer types of securities fraud is Internet fraud. This type of scheme is also referred to as a pump-and-dump scheme, in which people use chat rooms and forums to spread false or ...