BOXFORD — Police say they have successfully recovered funds for a Boxford resident who fell victim to a sophisticated PayPal/Bitcoin scam last summer, marking the first time in Essex County ...

A female resident on Feb. 19 reported she was scammed by caller who claimed he was with a sheriff’s department and that the ...

Since Jan. 1, 2023, Stillwater police have taken 31 crypto-related scam reports from residents totaling almost $213,000, with ...

People think they’re getting kind of a cheat sheet or a shortcut,” personal finance expert Lynnette Khalfani-Cox said. “And it’s a cheat, all right.” ...

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Google updates its policy after YouTuber MegaLag details a scheme under which the PayPal-owned Honey swapped creators' affiliate links for its own.

The Federal Trade Commission will pay more than $25.5 million to Windows users deceived by a scam that convinced them to buy so-called “computer repair” software.

FTC says reported losses to fraud exceeded $12.5 billion in 2024, with $5.7 billion lost to investment scams. Consumers filed ...

Crystal Denean Harvell could have been sentenced to as much as 40 years behind bars after pleading guilty to wire fraud and ...

Local law enforcement officials say scammers have stolen more than one million dollars from locals, specifically senior ...

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sending more than $25.5 million in refunds to consumers who were misled into purchasing ...