In the case of the eBay seller, whether it was a fake account or a phishing scam, I’ll never know. Curiosity, a trait that is usually considered a strength is another weakness that scammers exploit, ...

This scam can be deeply frustrating, and it’s deceptively simple: You order an item, open the box and there’s nothing there. Scammers can trick you into buying an empty box by burying phrases like ...

Black Friday is almost here and the scammers are out of the traps. I received an email from eBay EBAY, or at least it looked like it was from an official eBay address, saying I had set up an account — ...

About a month ago, I received a scam email that almost tricked me. It purported to be from PayPal, alerting me to an almost $1,000 charge that was “logged to a new profile.” The message implied that ...

Opening your email or text messages can feel like wading through a minefield with all the scams that litter your inbox. Seventy-three percent of American adults have experienced an online scam or ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, online protection company McAfee is taking a major step forward in the fight against scams by introducing McAfee’s Scam Detector, a powerful new feature that ...