NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennesseans lost more than $12 million to scammers pretending to be government officials this year.

Holiday email traffic increases sharply at the end of the year, creating an environment that scammers actively exploit.

The holidays can make it difficult to sort through pending deliveries and figure out which ones are real or a scam. There may be a simple way to find out. A new report in Readers ...

Grammatical and spelling errors are also signs of a scammer, because banks and government agencies are unlikely to misspell words in their communications. But absent these mistakes, consumers should ...

Looking back, the initial contact had all the elements of the earliest “Nigerian prince” email scams. The writer, who uses the name of a real member of a real book club, opened with detailed flattery ...

When it comes to online shopping, customers aren’t the only ones who can fall victim to scams. Many scams target businesses and sellers instead, therefore anyone selling goods online must know how to ...

The franchise owner of a Dunkin' in DeBary called deputies after discovering he had been scammed into wiring $166,564 to a ...

Christmas is a time for family and friends, a time for love, and a time for scammers to try and catch you off guard. Every ...

The Christmas season brings a surge in Netflix phishing scams targeting shoppers with fake emails. Stacey P received ...

CHARLOTTE — According to FBI stats for North Carolina last year, three of the biggest scams -- based on dollars lost -- include: Action 9 attorney Jason Stoogenke says to remember that many scams play ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Secretary of State Michael Watson is warning Mississippians about a sharp increase in Bitcoin ATM ...