In a market accelerating toward instant payments and open banking, a siloed approach to fraud detection is no longer viable.

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.

WASHINGTON — Lottery officials are warning of scammers who are impersonating Mega Millions online to promote a fake “special drawing.” One current scam example claims to be promoting a $5 billion ...

Texting and messaging scam attempts have increased by 50 percent in the past year, with young adults experiencing the sharpest rise of any age group. That’s one of several important findings in the ...

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 ...

Instagram ads impersonating financial institutions like Bank of Montreal (BMO) and EQ Bank (Equitable Bank) are being used to target Canadian consumers with phishing scams and investment fraud. Some ...

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 ...

Millions of Self Assessment taxpayers are being warned to stay alert against potential scams. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has cautioned that fraudsters often impersonate HMRC, luring individuals ...