First, the question about filing a late return. A reader wanted to confirm that there are no penalties for filing a late ...

Spurred by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the Social Security Administration is combing through its ...

The CyberGuy advises how to protect yourself against SIM swapping, a form of identity theft by which a scammer tricks a ...

Hollander said the problem wasn’t what DOGE wants to do but how it wants to do it — namely, with Americans’ private ...

AARP’s Fraud Watch Network helps teach older adults how to spot scams. We organize events and education, with hundreds of ...

In recent weeks, the agency has been plagued by problems related to technology, system errors, and even the marking of living people as dead.

In a world with too much noise and too little context, Vox helps you make sense of the news. We don’t flood you with ...

Insider threats: In some cases ... on social media. Scammers often use small details like birthdays, pet names, or locations to guess security questions or impersonate you. 4. Place a fraud ...

Last year, the FBI unraveled one of the largest digital fraud cases in U.S. history, in which cyber criminals from around the world used stolen identities to pocket $6 billion in pandemic unemployment ...

The SSA's plan to withhold full monthly checks from beneficiaries to recoup overpayments has triggered alarm among senior advocates.

SIM swapping is when fraudsters take control of a consumer’s phone account and request a SIM swap through identity theft or ...

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, a woman in Lumberton, N.C. pleaded guilty to bank fraud and misuse of social security numbers.