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The owner of a Florida telecommunications company will spend the next five years in prison and his firm must pay a hefty fine regarding an “Obama phone” scam.

A Chinese national in the country illegally has been arrested in Alabama over a scheme aimed at defrauding an elderly American.

A man living in Toledo, Ohio, on a student visa was arrested for scamming $50,000 from an elderly couple.

A Georgia man says he received a printed photo of a drill after ordering an actual drill from the Chinese online shopping site AliExpress, and that he has been trying to get a refund for months.

The families of several Indian citizens tricked into fighting for Russia on the front lines in Ukraine have asked the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring their missing sons and husbands home safely.

Two brothers from Temecula, California, pleaded guilty to defrauding the U.S. Postal Service out of more than $2.3 million, authorities announced Friday.

A Texas woman may wind up with a 142-year prison sentence after investigators say she defrauded the U.S. Army out of $100 million.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reportedly targeting victims through text messages, social media, and dating apps to steal their money, ABC 13 reported Friday.

Officials charged a fourth suspect in a fraud scam that caused Home Depot stores in Chicago to lose millions of dollars.

A 42-year-old mother of three children claims she lost her entire 401(K) to a scammer on Tinder as others have also reportedly come forward to speak on the issue.

A manhunt is underway for a convicted rapist whom South African authorities say faked his own death to escape from prison while serving a life sentence.

A woman was recently sentenced to one year and one day in prison for her role in a GoFundMe scam in which she and an accomplice raised $400,000 for a homeless veteran using a story that turned out to be fake.

Six migrant men from the Ivory Coast have all claimed to be the father of one child in the northern French department of Manche in order that they would each be able to claim residency in France. The court of

Police are warning citizens around the country of scam artists who pretend to play the violin at shopping centers and parking lots while an instrumental plays through a speaker.

A man from New Jersey has pleaded guilty in federal court for his part in a $400,000 GoFundMe scheme, the New York Post reported Monday.

One danger of online dating is the person you are chatting with may not be who they claim, which turned out to be the case for a woman named Susan Rizzo.

A teenager in Gwinnett County, Georgia, was arrested recently for allegedly stealing nearly $1 million from the grocery store where he was employed.

A scam caused California taxpayer money that was supposed to go toward COVID-related unemployment benefits to be sent to at least 20,000 prisoners, including well-known convicted murderers Scott Peterson and serial killer Cary Stayner.

Maine residents should not fall for a text message scam that makes false claims about the coronavirus, the Thomaston Police Department said Wednesday.

An investigation by two South Carolina journalists has led to the filing of criminal and civil lawsuits against the alleged culprits in an investment scam that has targeted thousands of veterans, forcing many of them into bankruptcy.

Authorities arrested two women and seized $900,000 worth of items in a nationwide scam where the suspects allegedly posed as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) workers.

On Monday, the Orange County Sheriffs Department warned Aliso Viejo, California, residents about a fake earthquake scare used to burglarize local homes.

The FCC recently issued a warning about a new phone scam being labeled the “One Ring” scam. This is how you can avoid scammers trying to rip you off if you return a missed call.

A bunch of scrawny green activists – naked save for their reeky faux-leather thongs and patina of sweat, patchouli oil and essence of tofu – has invaded the House of Commons to demand that something be done about climate change.

Office Depot and California-based tech support firm Support.com have agreed to settle for $35 million after being charged by the FTC on allegations that the companies scammed customers into spending millions of dollars on unnecessary services.

Keniel Aeon Thomas, 29, attempted to scam former Reagan and Bush administration veteran William H. Webster — it did not go well.

Authorities arrested an Atlanta-area businessman, accusing him of conning thousands of football fans— including his mother— in a ticket scam ranging in the tens of thousands of dollars.

Christmas has come unusually early this year for British climate sceptics thanks to a magnificent scoop by the Mail on Sunday’s David Rose.

The woman accused of carrying out a $400,000 scam with her boyfriend and a homeless man released audio recordings which she claims proves she is innocent.

Internet hackers have begun infiltrating verified Twitter accounts and using them to pose as Tesla CEO Elon Musk to spread cryptocurrency scams across the platform.

Twitter is failing to crack down on impersonators on the platform, some of which are scamming other users by pretending to be billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to Bloomberg.

The New Jersey couple accused of stealing more than $400,000 from an online fundraiser for a homeless veteran is likely to face charges, according to a lawyer representing the couple.

Fifteen people and five businesses are facing charges for their alleged involvement in a $5.5 million call center scheme out of India that defrauded more than 2,000 Americans.

Antifa tricked some conservatives with a website which advertised free “anti-Antifa” t-shirts, before publishing their names and addresses.

Actor and director Tyler Perry warned his fans to ignore fake Facebook messages asking for personal information in his name.

Hanna Dickenson, a 24-year-old Australian woman, collected money from both family and friends by pretending to be suffering from cancer in order to fund years of benders and vacations.