Scams related to cryptocurrency jumped from the seventh riskiest scam in 2020 to second riskiest in 2021, according to the 2021 BBB Scam Tracker Risk Report. Although cryptocurrency scams made up only ...

WASHINGTON -- Cryptocurrency scammers have stolen over $1 billion from 46,000 people since the start of 2021, a new Federal Trade Commission report says. The FTC rang the alarm bells on Friday, saying ...

More than 46,000 people fell prey to crypto scams since the beginning of 2021, according to the Federal Trade Commission. They collectively lost more than $1 billion, the FTC said in a new report.

2021 was a huge year for the mainstreaming of cryptocurrency. Popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin had a banner year that kicked off following the memestock craze that took ...

CHARLOTTE — The Better Business Bureau Scam Tracker Risk Report was released on Friday, with online purchase scams taking the top spot followed by those related to cryptocurrency. Online purchase ...

A new report by the Better Business Bureau has some alarming information. The Scam Tracker Risk Report finds, all scams are going up. And the one most likely to get you? Online purchasing scams. The ...

JOHNSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Fraudsters have scammed social media users out of $2.7 billion since 2021, according to a new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The staggering losses stem from ...

Google Voice scams led the way in what was a record year for identity-related fraud in 2021, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). The non-profit said it received 14,947 reports from ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Older Americans reported losing significantly more money to certain scams last year compared to 2020, according to a new report submitted to Congress. According to the findings from ...

The United States Federal Trade Commission has labeled social media and crypto a “combustible combination for fraud,” with nearly half of all crypto-related scams originating from social media ...

Rachel Witkowski is an award-winning journalist whose 20-year career spans a wide range of topics in finance, government regulation and congressional reporting. Ms. Witkowski has spent the last decade ...