Frequent social-media use leads people to make quick, instinctive decisions, which is what will get them in trouble.

The cold-hearted world of scamming is big business. American consumers lost more than $12.5bn to cyber-fraud last year, ...

When everyone was already attentive to the frauds that arrive by mail or WhatsApp, now a new channel that spreads scams has been added. Instagram began to fill up with fraudulent stories that ...

The FBI says these types of extortion, or blackmail, scams are on the rise. The emails often read similar to, "You've been treading on thin ice with your browsing habits," or "I've got footage of ...