Citing official figures, the investigating agency said Americans lost nearly $2.1 billion to tech-support scams last year alone. In Rhode Island, residents reportedly lost at least $5.7 million.
FBI Director Kash Patel says operation defrauded US seniors of millions; urges public to report suspicious activity to 1-800-CALL-FBI.
The FBI dismantled an India-linked tech support scam that defrauded elderly Americans of millions, securing convictions of five Indian fraudsters and two US executives accused of enabling the ...
Online crime complaints surpassed 1 million for the first time last year, driven by a spike in AI-enabled fraud, crypto scams ...
PROVIDENCE, RI – A federal investigation into India-based tech-support fraud operations has resulted in convictions of multiple fraud operators and guilty pleas from two former U.S. telecom executives ...
The FBI in Boston announced that they shut down a call center operation in India after busting a major racket that involved perpetrators from the US, too. The call center operation defrauded hundreds ...
We’ve all gotten those sketchy texts from someone claiming to be your bank, a suspicious call from "Social Security," or a too-good-to-be-true investment tip from a new online friend. While many are ...
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has shut down an India-based call centre operation, which defrauded several elderly American of millions of dollars under what is known as "tech support ...
Americans over the age of 60 lost $7.7 billion to scams in 2025, with investment fraud, romance scams, and tech support ...
The FBI is issuing a new warning about hackers sending text messages and voice mails using artificial intelligence in order to trick targets into handing over their personal information. How does it ...