Every scam, sorted by how it works.

Someone pretends to be an organization you trust to rush you into clicking, paying, or sharing a code.

• The jury duty warrant call: a fake deputy, a fake fine, and the fear that makes you pay
• Scam losses by state: what the FBI's 2025 data shows
• Fake 'Obamacare' plans and hijacked enrollments: the ACA health insurance scams to know before you shop

A "too-good" return, often after weeks of friendly chat, lures you into a fake platform you can never withdraw from.

• The "tribal tax credit": an IRS warning about a tax break that does not exist
• How to vet an investment before you buy: an investor's anti-fraud checklist
• The "learn to trade" course scam: when investment training is the product, not the profit

A relationship that moves fast online but never to a video call — built to ask for money, gift cards, or "an investment".

• AI companion and chatbot scams: when there's no human on the other end of the conversation
• When love asks for your bank account: romance scams that make you a money mule
• AI romance scams: why a face, a voice, and even a video call no longer prove your match is real

A message engineered to make you tap a link and hand over a password, code, or card number on a look-alike page.

• Real estate wire fraud: the email that steals your down payment days before closing
• Vishing and robocalls: why the name and number on your screen are not proof
• Is this text a scam? A fast field guide to the messages everyone's getting

A slick storefront or marketplace listing that takes your money and ships nothing — or a counterfeit.

• The dealership website is a perfect copy: how scammers clone real car dealers to sell vehicles that don't exist
• Free Robux, free V-Bucks, free trouble: the gaming scams aimed at your kid — and your card
• Online marketplace scams: the complete guide to buying and selling with strangers

A fake warning or call convinces you to grant remote access — then drains accounts or sells you a worthless "fix".

• The support number you Googled: how fake customer-service lines hijack your search
• The fake subscription-renewal scam: an invoice for something you never bought
• You gave a scammer remote access to your computer: what to do now

A too-easy job offer that asks you to pay upfront, "top up" a task wallet, or launder money as a "payment agent".

• MLM or pyramid scheme? How to read a 'be your own boss' pitch before you buy the starter kit
• Scholarship and financial aid scams: the "guaranteed" award that wants a fee first
• Be your own boss? Business-opportunity and coaching scams that sell you a job you pay for

Leaked details are stitched together to open accounts, hijack your number, or pose as you. Free defenses cut most of it off.

• Medicare and health insurance scams: guard your number like a credit card
• "Ghost student" fraud: how a stolen identity can drain your federal financial aid
• Account takeover: the five doors criminals use to get in — and how to lock each one first

AI now copies a familiar voice or face to make a fake emergency — or a fake celebrity endorsement — feel real.

• Deepfake nude sextortion: when the explicit image of you is fake
• The crypto "giveaway" scam: deepfake celebrities, hijacked accounts, and the promise to double your coins
• Anatomy of a scam: the AI "grandchild in jail" call, line by line