Scams

As you start to gear up for the holidays — whether by shopping or donating — it can be all too easy to fall vulnerable to potential scammers. Here's how to navigate and avoid them.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are cracking down on deceitful marketing strategies during open enrollment. Here are tips on how to avoid getting scammed.

Moody says fraudsters are using AI to deceive victims in order to steal personal information or money.

Sometimes a disaster brings out the best in people, and sometimes it brings out the worst. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s office is warning residents of the potential for scammers who might appear as federal officials knocking on your door.

One of the most common types of fraud comes in the form of general contractors who flood into the area after a disaster.

Prosecutors say Brian Brainard Wedgeworth, 46, is known by at least 13 aliases and has remained in federal custody. They believe that he scammed at least 21 women across eight states and amassed over $750,000 through years of schemes.

The research project is funded through a four-year, $743,000 grant from the Florida Department of Health.

Center for COVID Control, which closed its Florida sites in January after receiving complaints about questionable results, is accused of deceptively marketing testing services and violating Oregon’s Unlawful Trade Practices Act.

Florida's attorney general said scammers could target online shoppers looking for items that are scarce.

Detectives are looking to see whether Uber can give them clues about who scammed a woman into thinking she was paying money to help her granddaughter.

The legislation calls for felony charges against people who use authentic-looking websites to run scams that purportedly offer access to vaccines or personal protective equipment.

According to authorities, a huge surge in fraud cases targeting seniors and other vulnerable populations affected by the pandemic has been reported.