The particular type of hoax that victimized Allen is called a "task scam," according to the Federal Trade Commission.

Innocent pensioners will be dragged into lengthy fraud investigations by new Government snooping powers, charities have ...

Post investigation finds VA’s $193 billion disability program has turned into a rich target for fraudsters. Some fake ...

The Anti-Corruption Agency of Georgia’s State Security Service (SSSG) has detained three individuals in Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi for their ...

Labour is letting benefit cheats get away with fraud and hardworking families are paying the price, the Conservatives have ...

While allegations of NDIS fraud are common, the total number of accused prosecuted in a given year could fit on a single ...

Cybercrimes like phishing, extortion and personal data breaches are spiking nationwide, with claimed losses totaling more ...

A Fort Myers man said he lost $100 to scammers who impersonated a Lee County Sheriff's deputy. The scammer said the man had a ...

Civil liberties campaigners have previously criticised the Labour government for its use of AI in trying to counter fraud.

A former disability carer who defrauded her wheelchair-bound client to the tune of $10,000 has had 12 months shaved off her ...

They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of ...