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Lost money to a scam? Take these steps right away

Take at least three steps as soon as you can if you've been scammed and lost money: Contact the FBI, your bank and file a ...

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Don’t Panic If You’ve Been Scammed. Here’s What to Do Instead

If you’ve been scammed, it can feel impossible to navigate. Online scams result in lost funds, loss of access to important accounts or devices, damage to reputation and other harms. And with the rise ...

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Millions tap to pay every day. Here's what scammers hope you'll miss

As scams get harder to spot, a quick tap can become a costly mistake. Use this simple checklist to help protect your money ...

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How To Avoid Text Scams And Spot Red Flags Early

In 2024, Americans reported losing $470 million to scams that started with texts, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Text scams are also becoming harder to detect with AI. Knowing what to look ...

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These AI Scams All Have Red Flags. Here’s How to Spot Them

In the past couple of years, I’ve noticed an uptick in scam emails that get past Gmail’s spam filters. Since I’m an author, the emails I get are usually from so-called book clubs, filled with empty ...

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S.F. has new tools to fight scammers who impersonate city government

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jonah Raskin, 84, poses for a portrait at his home in San Francisco on Monday, July 6, 2026. Raskin, who lost $30,000 from a ...

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AI-powered scam calls are getting more convincing—and more common: 'It was her voice, I know her scared cry'

Kris Sampson was working from home in Missoula, Montana, when her phone lit up with a call that appeared to come from her adult daughter. Sampson says the caller ID showed her name and photo, and the ...

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‘I can’t get over this’: A CBS journalist who reports on scams nearly became a victim himself. Here's how he spotted it before it was too late

In 2025, victims lost $3.5 billion (1) to imposter scams. Now, CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman nearly became a victim of one of those scams. “I just got SCAMMED,” Matt Gutman posted in a ...