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Toll scam warnings have been mounting for nearly a year. Last March, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul released an alert, and the FBI did the same a month later.

The AARP and scam victims are advocating for Congress to amend the tax law. Previous attempts at change have stalled, but advocates hope the pressure of sunsetting tax provisions will prompt action.

William Phelps had no idea that the woman he married had a secret life. Prosecutors say she lured, drugged and stole from ...

She used online dating apps to lure older men to meet her in person, then drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme, the FBI said.

A scammer who claimed to be a U.S. Marine has cheated a 47-year-old woman out of almost $90,000, according to the Salina Police Department.

The agency described the scheme as one of the most nefarious it has encountered, with nearly a dozen known victims and ...

Aurora Phelps is being accused of drugging several elderly men and stealing their financial information, according to court ...

Less than three years before Elon Musk tapped him to help overhaul the US government, Edward Coristine, then 17, was the ...

In one instance Phelps is alleged to have kidnapped a victim by heavily sedating him and taking him across the U.S.-Mexico ...

An online romance scam left 71-year-old Linda Talbott homeless; learn how to spot romance scams to protect yourself.

Aurora Phelps​ was indicted in Nevada over a series of romance scams that allegedly led to at least two deaths and one ...