Authorities arrested 260 cybercrime suspects during a two-week operation spanning 14 African countries, Interpol announced Friday. The globally coordinated summertime crackdown dubbed “Operation Contender 3.0” targeted criminal…

Cybercrime hubs in Southeast Asia scammed Americans out of at least $10 billion last year, a 66% increase from 2023, officials said.

The Santa Clara County deputy district attorney has made it her mission to fight back against these scams and the people executing them.

Investigators found scammers involved in human trafficking.

Nearly half of the scams originated on social media.

Business email compromise again proved costliest, at $2.4 billion, according to the bureau's Internet Crime Complaint Center.

The FTC says that of the $547 million in romance scams reported in 2021, $139 million in losses involved cryptocurrency transactions.

Facebook is playing a large role.

But cryptocurrency still poses a big challenge.

The sting also intercepted $27 million in illicit funds.