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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.

Americans age 60 and older have lost more than $745 million to scams in the first three months of 2025, nearly $200 million more than at the same point last year, according to the Federal Trade ...

There’s a new PayPal phishing scam making the rounds, and it’s so convincing that even security-conscious users are getting caught in it. Unlike typical scams riddled with typos and fake domains, this ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — In an announcement from the Federal Trade Commission this week, two tech support companies will pay $26 million to settle charges that they bilked money from consumers by ...

Get your refund: The FTC is sending $25.5 million worth of payments to 736,375 scam victims. Restoro and Reimage tricked folks with fake pop-ups and ads into thinking their computers were infected ...

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(NEXSTAR) – More than $25 million in payments will go out this week to customers who were tricked into paying for fraudulent tech support offered by two companies. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ...

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