Drastic price changes, minimal regulation, and the proliferation of coin-based scams make cryptocurrency a volatile market. If you're looking to invest, be careful. After all, the FBI recently ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. This illustration photo taken on February 6, 2023 shows a phone screen displaying a ...

Financial losses from people being tricked into transferring money to a fraudster increased by 12% annually in the first half of this year, with investment scams playing a key role in the rise, ...

Wealthy older investors are being targeted by scammers pushing fake luxury wine investments, with experts warning of the dangers as one recent operation defrauded pensioners out of a total of £6 ...

ASIC Deputy Chair Sarah Court said the regulator has beefed up its scam enforcement to include monitoring social media ads. Update Aug. 24, 11:40 pm UTC: This article has been updated to include more ...

Crypto scams likely caused $17 billion in losses in 2025, with impersonation attacks up 1,400% and AI scams gaining ground.

Victims lost millions more to investment fraud in 2024, despite the number of cases dropping. Data shows that £144.4 million was stolen through this type of fraud in 2024, an increase of 34% from 2023 ...

The late great Benjamin Franklin once said, “an investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” While he probably meant to say this about merely having a basic education, the quote can also apply ...