Three Latvian men were arrested in Austin, Texas for a $14 million gift card fraud spanning various locations since May 2025.

Brandon Dae Up Kiehm was previously convicted in 2017 for similar "romance scams" Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...

In Latvia, daily life is sometimes organized in inventive ways in the face of very real challenges. In a country marked by a significant gender imbalance, some women have chosen practical, modern, and ...

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — A single pop-up, that's all it took. A flash warning on an elderly Wilkes-Barre woman's home computer claiming her bank account had been hacked. A number popped up, and she ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Another day, another victim. This time, WGN Investigates has learned a woman lost $45,000 in a so-called tap and pay scam, which are relatively new but expanding throughout Chicago.

EAST LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Investigators are working to track down a pair of con artists who scammed an elderly woman out of a cherished necklace in East Los Angeles. Little did the thieves know, the ...

A northeast Bexar County woman lost thousands of dollars last week after falling victim to a phone scam involving a caller who falsely claimed her son had been arrested, according to the Bexar County ...

Cambodia’s arrest and extradition of tycoon Chen Zhi marks a rare strike against a massive online scam network.

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — Bexar County sheriff’s deputies are warning the public after a woman on the northeast side of the county was targeted in an elaborate phone scam that cost her tens of thousands ...