The United Nations recently issued a report entitled “’A Wicked Problem’ Seeking Human Rights Based Solutions to Trafficking into Cyber Scam Operations in South-East Asia” that highlighted the human ...

The number of cryptocurrency payments to suspected human trafficking groups surged 85% in 2025 as digital assets play a growing role in illicit online schemes, according to a new report from analytics ...

More than 60% of crypto press releases distributed online are linked to high-risk or scam-flagged projects, raising concerns about the credibility of press release distribution platforms widely used ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced a new online form to help victims report cryptocurrency ATM scams and seek refunds from operators. Under Arizona law, victims have 30 ...

Fraudulent High-Yield Investment Programs (HYIPs) are surging globally, pushing “guaranteed” profits that no legitimate investment can sustain. These scams lure victims with a simple pitch: deposit ...

Phishing has overtaken traditional scam channels as the fastest-growing digital threat in the Philippines, with risky URLs climbing sharply throughout 2025 and driving renewed urgency in consumer ...

McAfee, in its latest “The State of the Scamiverse 2026” report, offers an in-depth analysis of the most impactful scams of 2025. The report notes that Brits received an average of eight scam messages ...

Add Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chainalysis estimates crypto scams generated over $17 billion in losses for 2025. Impersonation scams grew more than 1,400% ...

A once-revered transgender activist whose D.C. nonprofit housed and aided homeless LGBTQ+ immigrants and youths was sentenced Tuesday to serve 33 months in federal prison and pay more than $900,000 in ...

UPDATE: Jan. 11, 2026, 2:04 p.m. EST We have updated this story, initially published on January 10, to include a statement from Instagram responding to concerns about password reset scams, saying that ...

Artificial intelligence is accelerating scam activity among Australians aged 50 and over, with one in four reporting AI-related scams and more than one in five suffering financial losses, new research ...