About a month ago, I received a scam email that almost tricked me. It purported to be from PayPal, alerting me to an almost $1,000 charge that was “logged to a new profile.” The message implied that ...

AMSTERDAM — A New Jersey man has been arrested, accused in a scam involving threats of arrest unless the target pays money. Shubh Patel, 23, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was charged with one count of ...

China has sentenced to death 11 ringleaders of a criminal enterprise in northern Myanmar that spanned cyber-scams, illegal gambling and human trafficking — part of a sweeping crackdown on the gang ...

The Better Business Bureau warns of a new scam that promises to deliver unclaimed relief money from the government — but is really just a trick to collect your personal data. According to the BBB, the ...

Jason Loyola was a victim of a long running scam that corporate cop ASIC was warned about in 2020. The next year Mr Loyola was targeted, and later found other victims worldwide, including dozens of ...

A Jersey City man who allegedly racked up more than $18,000 in unpaid tolls was arrested at the Holland Tunnel after police said he tried obscure his license plates with a pair of socks. The ...

With sweet-toothed social media users excited about Halloween season in October 2025, a rumor circulated online that fans of Reese's peanut butter candy products could get a "mystery box" full of ...

A court in China has sentenced 11 people to death for their roles in a billion-dollar family-run criminal empire built on online scam and gambling operations in a remote border region of Myanmar, and ...

Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Multiple people allegedly linked to a Cambodia-based scam syndicate targeting Singaporeans were charged ...

Seniors have been warned of a new scam going around that could result in the loss of thousands of dollars. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Social Security Administration (SSA) ...

SINGAPORE – Users of messaging platform Telegram and Instagram should beware of fraudulent channels and accounts promoting government payouts which may lead to the takeover of victims’ Telegram ...