CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman has revealed how he almost withdrew his entire life savings after falling for a ...

CBS News journalist Matt Gutman revealed via social media that he was the target of a phone scam that almost had him emptying ...

Scammers usually go to great lengths to hide their identities—but this one did the exact opposite. After covering his webcam, he accidentally turned it on and exposed his own face during the scam.

A scammer thought he was using a clean laptop. What he didn’t know was that the computer already belonged to another scammer—and it was still compromised. The moment he connected, everything started ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk answered a call from an unfamiliar number last week and found herself inside ...

Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk answered a call from an unfamiliar number last week and found herself inside a jury-duty scam that sounded personal, urgent, and carefully staged. The caller told Burk an ...

HSBC Holdings Plc’s Australian arm admitted to failures in protecting customers from scams that cost them tens of thousands of dollars and agreed to pay a A$35 million ($25 million) penalty, the ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Cpl. Darquis Brown of the Columbus Police Department joined WRBL to discuss ways people can protect themselves from the “Grandparent Scam.” Brown described the “Grandparent Scam ...

With cybercrime continuing to rise, some banks are testing new prevention strategies. JPMorgan Chase hired a behavioral scientist. By Tara Siegel Bernard Karen Battista and Angela Castaldo have spent ...

Pennsylvania State Police are warning of a scam where callers impersonate law enforcement. Scammers falsely claim victims have an arrest warrant and demand bail money via Bitcoin kiosks. Victims are ...

Republican L.A. mayor candidate Spencer Pratt fired back at Price Is Right host Drew Carey and comedian Chelsea Handler after they criticized him, saying that both allegedly had ties to the late felon ...