How to spot a mortgage scam in 2025

House of Leon reports mortgage scams are surging in 2025, with rising fraud risk and new red flags for homebuyers to watch.

Google lawsuit accuses China-based cybercriminals of massive text-message phishing scams

Google said the fake messages are part of a massive criminal network called "Lighthouse" that has stolen information through ...

3 Florida tax preparers going to prison for ‘very large scale’ fraud — scam cost Uncle Sam $12M+ in lost revenue. How a local news team sniffed it out

But the lavish lifestyle didn’t last. Judge Berger sentenced Carrillo to 12 years in federal prison on Wednesday, while ...

Google vows to stop scam E-Z Pass and USPS texts plaguing Americans

“The scale of Lighthouse phishing attacks is staggering,” Google’s complaint said, alleging that the Lighthouse enterprise’s ...
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User Beware: Scam Culture in a Digital Age

Learn how the same mechanisms that allow online scammers to exploit users for profit also underlie troubling threats like ...

Google launches dual legal and legislative strategy to combat international cyber scams

Google launched a dual attack on cybercriminals with a lawsuit against the China-based Lighthouse scam group while backing three bipartisan congressional bills targeting fraud.

AI voice-cloning scams: How to protect yourself from impersonators duping victims

Patty Greiner, lost $15,000 after receiving a text claiming her Amazon account was hacked.She was contacted by individuals ...

Beware the 'Hi, how are you?' text. It's a scam - here's how it works

ZDNET's key takeaways Online investment scams in the US cost victims $3.5 billion.The median loss for the first half of 2025 ...