Fed up with constantly being targeted by “Hi Mum” scammers, Melanie Wegener decided to have a bit of fun and play along with their charade, even inviting them for Christmas lunch. Despite diligently ...

Scambaiting is when someone interacts with a scammer to waste their time and resources. Some of these online experiences are entertaining and even hilarious to watch. Instead of falling for their ...

In the summer of 2017, Ashton Bingham received troubling news from the IRS: An arrest warrant was issued under his name, and his address was under federal investigation. “Listen to me carefully,” an ...

Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Bill Hinton / Moment / Galina Chetvertina / J Studios / DigitalVision / loops7 / E+ / jittawit.21 / iStock / Getty A call from someone pretending to be an IRS ...

You may know Mark Rober for his YouTube videos pranking mail thieves or training squirrels to get through a maze. Recently however, the YouTuber decided to prank scam callers in what is best described ...

A recent survey suggested that scam calls now cost Americans a total of more than $25B per year. The average loss is $452, but some victims have lost their entire live savings – or even gone into debt ...

Fraud has reached “epidemic” levels in the UK over the past 12 months, costing up to £190 billion a year and constituting what the Royal United Services Institute has called a “national security ...

YouTube channel Atomic Shrimp makes viral videos about fraudulent emails Content creator Mike contacts scammers and reports illicit activity to brands Talking to WTR, he urges a universal reporting ...

Fraud has reached “epidemic” levels in the UK over the past 12 months, costing up to £190 billion a year and constituting what the Royal United Services Institute has called a “national security ...

University of Surrey provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. University of Portsmouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Fraud has reached “epidemic” levels in ...