Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lars Daniel covers digital evidence and forensics in life and law. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice unveiled the results ...

You’ve got mail (fraud). Consumer organizations are warning the world’s 1.8 billion iPhone users about a sinister email scam designed to pilfer personal info and loot banking details. According to ...

Across Southeast Asia, a multibillion-dollar fraud industry has emerged, staffed in part by victims of trafficking. In lawless regions of the Myanmar-Thai border, compounds run by Chinese criminal ...

Myanmar’s military leadership has vowed to crack down on cyberscam centers, starting with the notorious KK Park. This combination of satellite image shows KK Park along Myanmar’s border with Thailand ...

I was recently in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and approached a group of young men in front of the Indian embassy. I told them I was a University of Toronto researcher. I asked: “Are you from the scam ...

Scammers are sending fake alerts to iPhone users claiming their iCloud storage is full to trick them into clicking malicious links. The messages often mimic official Apple notifications and urge ...

71-year-old Karin Schmeling was emotionally manipulated into depositing $4,400 into a cryptocurrency kiosk after a fraudulent technical support alert convinced her that her bank account was ...

A common online security tool — CAPTCHA — is now being used by scammers to trick people into giving up sensitive personal and financial information. CAPTCHA tests, often appearing as “I’m not a robot” ...

Apple Pay is clearly a hit with consumers. According to estimates, it had hundreds of millions of global users and processed trillions of payments in 2025 alone. But where there is money to be made, ...

The digital invitation in my inbox said: “Shhhhhhh. It’s a Surprise!” But something triggered my spider senses. The email address was legitimate. I double-checked. But it came from a fellow church ...

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Shopping online just got riskier, with fake Amazon recall notices appearing in text messages and emails, claiming recent purchases are dangerous and offering refunds. Experts warn that the messages ...