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Digital fraud is costing Americans billions. After Patrick Coughlin’s mother was the target of an urgent and emotional fake kidnapping scam, the cybersecurity expert with his brother built a free website to help others identify the red flags of fraud.

People are being fleeced out of millions of dollars through cryptocurrency scams. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has filed a suit against one crypto ATM company that she says is knowingly enabling scams on their kiosks.

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway says no legitimate company will ever ask for payment via gift cards.

In the last two years, victims in Clay County have lost $3 million to scammers who fabricate fees for missing jury duty and other cons. The scammers then have them convert money into Bitcoin so it's hard to trace or recover.

Documents promoting AI deepfakes, money scams and pornography appear under the “ag.ks.gov” domain and dozens of others. The links are now inactive, but the source remains unknown.

Chaman Silverio Balbuena, 31, is accused of helping route cash from the victims to the Dominican Republic. Prosecutors say he would pick up collect money from elderly victims, who were tricked into thinking their grandchild had been in a car accident and needed legal fees.

Groups of people have been spotted at intersections asking for donations to supposedly help children with life-threatening illnesses. Some of their signage appears to match signs used by groups in South Carolina that authorities have labeled as scammers.

The phone scam that has ensnared the Kansas City Police Department has spread nationwide.“What we’ve found is that the phone calls coming into our police…

Platte County Treasurer Rob Willard fell for an e-mail scam Friday, and it cost the county more than $48,000.Willard received an e-mail, purportedly from…

St. Teresa's Academy, a 150-year old private Catholic all-girls school in Kansas City's Brookside neighborhood, is trying to cut financial ties with…

Authorities in 22 states, including Missouri, are investigating a scam aimed at school districts.There’s nothing fancy about this scam. There’s no hacking…

In recognition of National Consumer Protection Week, postal inspectors and U.S. Attorneys from Western Missouri and Kansas are asking the public for help…