Don't answer calls offering to lower your credit card interest rate, FTC says

The Federal Trade Commission warns that unsolicited offers for debt relief or to lower your credit card interest rate are almost always scams.

WA residents lost more than $18M to imposter scams in 2025. How to spot fraud

Americans 60 and older accounted for nearly half of all imposter scam losses.

FTC reveals where spam calls hit hardest

Over 2.6 million Do Not Call complaints were filed with the FTC, with robocalls dominating. Here are the top states affected ...
WKYC3

Court shuts down health insurance scam that stole millions from people seeking coverage

CLEVELAND — When people are searching for affordable health insurance, they're already in a vulnerable spot. Scammers know that — and they're exploiting it. A federal court granted the Federal Trade ...

Sick of spam calls? See which states file the most complaints

In 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received more than 2.6 million complaints – some states had far more than others.
Daily Voice

Scammers Are Promising Free Government Money: Don't Fall For It

The promise sounds tempting. That is exactly why scammers keep using it.Authorities are warning that messages promising “free ...

A Connecticut woman lost $900,000 in gold coins to a man posing as an agent from the Federal Trade Commission

The biggest threat to your wallet isn't a computer virus. It's a convincing voice on the other end of the phone.

I almost fell for a scammer. This one rule saved me — and could help you, too.

He’s right — and how. Your correspondent very nearly fell for a bank scam over the phone several years ago. There was nothing ...