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 ...

As scammers become increasingly prevalent online and via text and phone calls, some people have decided to fight back and 'troll' the scammer, and Newsweek spoke to five experts about whether or not ...

Reader R.V. Baugus of Grand Prairie recommended a book to The Watchdog. He told me that Scamorama was about 20 years old, and it made him laugh. How could a book on scams cause laughter? I was curious ...

It was almost an hour into our Google Meet call. I was interviewing Kitboga, a popular YouTube scam baiter with nearly 3.7 million subscribers, known for humorously entrapping fraudsters in common ...

Hello, is this Marta?” The man on the phone had an accent that was hard to place, but his English was clear and direct. He introduced himself as Nick. As you might expect of someone in her 80s, Marta ...

Scam calls have become a major financial threat, costing Americans billions of dollars annually. Romance scams, fake IRS calls, and phony purchase confirmations are just some of the tactics employed ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Scammers worldwide are making off big. Last year alone, the Federal ...

As criminal operations become more sophisticated scamming has grown into a huge and lucrative business. Americans are estimated to have lost a staggering $12.5 billion to cyber fraud last year, ...

Today, for free, a scammer can run a text draft through artificial intelligence and clean it up so well that a high school grammar teacher would be proud. MICHAEL MULVEY / 173789 Reader R.V. Baugus of ...

The good guys have an army of their own now. I met the people (and machines) using AI to scam the scammers. Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism ...