Florida is ripe for online, text and phone scams and Sheriff Richard Del Toro knows St. Lucie County is no exception as he highlights cyber scams.

Imposter scams are more common now than ever before, but there are several ways you could spot potential scams and better protect yourself and your finances.

An urgent alert has been issued to millions of smartphone owners and not following advice could be costly.

Take at least three steps as soon as you can if you've been scammed and lost money: Contact the FBI, your bank and file a ...

We’ve seen lots of imposter scams. Like when a text comes in from your bank, claiming that someone is trying to hack your ...

Recently, two unrelated Sylvan Lake residents were the victims of scams each totaling more than $10,000. According to Sylvan ...

Investment-related scams are currently some of the most highly reported scams—which was not the case 10 years ago—and they certainly have the highest dollar losses. They often start within a ...

Your phone comes with built-in spam text protection, but it might be turned off by default. I'll tell you how to change that ...

In 2024, Americans reported losing $470 million to scams that started with texts, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Text scams are also becoming harder to detect with AI. Knowing what to look ...

Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network ...

A fake job text promised easy app work, then turned into a $10,000 crypto loss. Task scams often use vague online jobs, fake earnings dashboards and private messaging apps. Any job that asks you to ...