Tech pro ThioJoe breaks down how AI is being used to supercharge modern scams with increasingly realistic deepfakes and forgeries.

Tech pro ThioJoe examines whether computer glasses are actually effective or just marketing hype backed by limited science.

A new lawsuit alleges that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, misled users about the company's efforts to prevent scams on its platforms. The Consumer Federation of America (CFA), a ...

An increasing number of scammers are targeting seniors’ bank accounts and 401(k)s, threatening the financial security that many Americans have built up after a lifetime of saving. Of course, many ...

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Cyber scams are getting smarter: Experts warn that AI-driven phishing, voice cloning, and other advanced tactics will make scams harder to spot in 2026. Familiar tools are being weaponized: From email ...

The IRS released its "Dirty Dozen" tax scams for the 2026 filing season to warn taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals about the tactics used to commit identity theft and other forms of fraud.

NEW YORK (AP) — Robocalls, texts, and phishing emails from scammers are up this tax season compared to previous years, with artificial intelligence likely increasing fraud attempts, according to the ...

Americans are losing at least $119 billion every year to scams, according to a new estimate from the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America, a consumer advocacy group. Subscribe to read this story ...

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The median reported loss for romance scams was $2,218 in the third quarter of 2025. Romance scammers will frame their pitch one way for a 25-year-old woman and another for a 55-year-old divorced male, ...

Romance scams are among the most emotionally damaging forms of cyber crime because they combine carefully manufactured intimacy with financial theft – the scammers go after your heart, and then your ...