A 2021 Department of Justice report shows that 92,371 scam victims over the age of 60 lost $1.7 billion to scams in just that year alone.

Source: https://sacobserver.com/2023/07/how-to-avoid-home-improvement-scams/

A BEC scam is a form of phishing where companies and individuals are tricked and convinced into making wire transfers.

Source: https://pragativadi.com/icc-loses-2-5-million-usd-to-online-scam-reports/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=icc-loses-2-5-million-usd-to-online-scam-reports

According on online regulator Ofcom, nine in ten online adults have come across content they suspected to be a scam or fraud, and among those who fell for the cons and lost money, one in five were left over £1,000 out of pocket.

Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news/urgent-warning-issued-anyone-tsb-28058143

According to police, part of the high-pressure scam involved the caller advising that a relative was being held and required thousands of dollars to be released from custody.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9569823/men-charges-belleville-grandparent-scam/

According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), falling victim to a tax scam not only puts an individual’s money at risk, but also their personal information.

Source: https://www.41nbc.com/bbb-central-georgia-warning-tax-scammers-during-filing-season/

According to the police, the scam operation managed to deceive hundreds of victims across Thailand out of over 8000 million baht in the past four years.

Source: https://www.informationng.com/2023/08/nigerian-man-his-girlfriend-12-others-arrested-for-romance-scam-in-thailand.html

'A couple of my staff followed them from the store to a Pizza Express as they thought they were vulnerable and might be victims of a scam.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11709305/Couple-80s-conned-believing-helping-undercover-police-operation.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Addressing runaway energy and telecommunications prices, dodgy environmental claims and ever-increasing online scam losses will headline the work of Australia's consumer watchdog over the next 12 months.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/business/energy-prices-green-credentials-head-accc-concerns-c-9961776

Addressing the negativity from the original EPP leaflet drop and scam concerns, speaking to The Impartial Reporter, Ms. Stephens said: "We're really upfront about what to do.

Source: https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/23237664.fermanagh-councillor-joins-property-investor-signpost-housing-help/?ref=rss

ADI noted that July saw US President secure support for a major climate spending bill -- subject of numerous "climate scam" tweets -- plus a heatwave in the United States and Europe.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/business-economy/1517284-climate-disinfo-surges-denial-conspiracy-comeback/

A disgraced police officer and her boyfriend have been jailed for selling sick and dying kittens in a twisted £280,000 scam.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/cat-scam-police-officer-jailed-b2338599.html

A father almost fell for an AI scam.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ai-phone-scam-voice-cloning-gary-schildhorn-b2455448.html

After coming across a scam involving fake credit cards, she decides to go deeper into this underground criminal world.

Source: https://screenrant.com/hidden-thriller-gems-netflix/

After learning this, the company continued funding the research, and then spent covering up their own research and smearing climate change as a scam in order to secure the aforementioned record-breaking profits.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2023/02/09/exxon-just-made-record-profits-also-knew-even-more-about-climate-change-than-we-realized.html

After reports of a Pune Woman losing Rs 24 lakhs after falling victim to a scam, another similar incident comes from a Gurugram techie.

Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/life/technology-whatsapp-scam-alert-how-this-gurugram-techie-lost-rs-42-lakh-after-liking-a-youtube-video-3091164/

After speculations of Pepe being a scam coin began making the rounds, paper hand investors quickly sold off their holdings.

Source: https://www.gadgets360.com/cryptocurrency/features/what-are-diamond-hands-paper-hands-crypto-investors-bitcoin-ether-memecoin-pepe-coin-4098567

A German woman, Ms Petra Goschenhofer has told a Federal High Court how she lost €130,000 to a Nigerian Wilson Daphey, in a long running love scam, that began in 2008.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/10/07/how-i-lost-e130k-to-nigerian-daphey-in-love-scam-german-woman/

A hardworking teen that balanced three jobs to save up for her dream home has lost her entire life savings after falling victim to a sophisticated phone scam.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11609045/Albany-WA-teenager-Aurora-Casilli-lost-savings-National-Australia-Bank-scam.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Alarm bells began to rang in Eileen's head, as she told the seller she knew it was a scam.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12110879/Heartbroken-grandmother-reveals-scammed-10-000-eBay.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

All notices from the office will be sent by US Postal Service only, and any other methods of communication are a scam.

Source: https://www.greenepublishing.com/madison-county-residents-warned-to-beware-of-scams/