In 2001, I planned to move to a new town in Connecticut. I put my house up for sale, but it sat there, unsold in the recession, for over a year. Not a nibble, even after I dropped the price and made ...

There are numerous scams being carried out over the internet or phone that target senior citizens. In 2024, the latest year with records, the Federal Trade Commission said that “older ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ experiences with and views of online scams and attacks. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,397 adults from April 14 to 20, 2025.

Scammers are getting more sophisticated, but so are the defenses against them. That’s why the Fort Wright Police Department hosted a free Internet Scam Awareness Training Tuesday night, focused on ...

An internet scammer nearly took me for $155 this month. If it can happen to someone who routinely writes about scams, it can happen to anyone. The scam began with an email praising my first book, ...

Detective Mike Gross mixes humor with hard lessons as AARP warns Americans lost more than $12.5 billion to fraud last year Detective Mike Gross mixes humor with hard lessons as AARP warns Americans ...