The FTC’s 2024–2025 report on protecting older consumers shows total fraud losses among adults 60 and older have quadrupled ...
One disturbing scam involves crooks who impersonate officials to convince consumers that they must withdraw money from ...
Fraud losses reported by people 60 and older climbed to nearly $2.4 billion in 2024, quadrupling since 2020 Investment scams—often tied to social media pitches—drove the biggest losses, while phone ...
Individuals looking to rent in any of those situations might be walking into what the Federal Trade Commission says is one of ...
Scammers are draining seniors’ life savings at staggering rates, a new Federal Trade Commission report shows, with older Americans reporting about four times more in fraud losses in 2024 than in 2020.
The FBI reported that bitcoin ATM fraud increased in 2025, resulting in $333 million stolen from over 10,000 victims.
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FTC reports $65 million lost to rental scams since 2020

The Federal Trade Commission released an analysis on December 22, 2025, showing that consumers reported nearly 65,000 rental ...
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Federal Trade Commission warned of a new scam offering fake reshipping jobs to victims. An easy work-from-home job may sound great, but the FTC warned against job offers ...
Scam artists are using the Supreme Court’s recent Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ruling as leverage to collection personal information from consumers, according to a Federal Trade ...
WASHINGTON -- Love is blind -- and scammers are taking advantage of that. Americans lost more than $201 million to romance scams in 2019, up 40% from 2018, according to a new Federal Trade Commission ...