This scam can be deeply frustrating, and it’s deceptively simple: You order an item, open the box and there’s nothing there. Scammers can trick you into buying an empty box by burying phrases like ...

Gift cards are one of the most popular gifts to give, but more and more, gift cards are being used as the No. 1 tool for scammers. Vanessa Hale learned that the hard way after losing $800 to a gift ...

Recently, the Better Business Bureau was made aware of a scam using the classified advertising Website, Craigslist, to lure potential buyers to a phony version of the online auction site, eBay. Buyers ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A San Francisco man who was a co-conspirator with a Columbus man for an online car sales scam received his prison sentence in federal court. Leo Shimizu, 39, was sentenced last ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)– An online, con-artist car dealership is pretending to be a business based in Acadiana. Kathryn Mobley, CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Acadiana, said consumers reported ...

Used cars continue to be in demand, and scammers know it. Con artists are taking advantage of shoppers who turn to online platforms in search of reasonably priced, used vehicles. Be wary of this ...