A call from someone pretending to be an IRS agent is, for most of us, just part of the furniture of modern digital life. We hang up, we block the number, we move on. But for Ashton Bingham, then an ...

There may be no better target for a prank than a scammer. That’s exactly what Rosie Okomura does. Known online as IRL Rosie, she’s part of a growing group of creators who spend their time calling ...

Just about every day, we receive emails from readers who have encountered new scams. Many involve cryptocurrency. The pattern keeps repeating. Someone receives a message that feels urgent, emotional ...

Everybody has their own way of dealing with phone scammers. I tried different tactics. When someone tried to sell me an extended car warranty I played "the dumbest man in the world." When they asked ...

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — Scammers are getting a bit more aggressive these days. Earlier this year, scammers impersonated the Minnesota Department of Transportation, and they sent countless text messages ...

Nobody likes spam messages, but some of them contain rather fascinating scams. Case in point, [Ben Tasker] recently got a few romance scam emails that made him decide to take a poke at the scam behind ...