Digital payment systems like PayPal are more popular than ever, and scammers are following the money. Here's what you can do ...

Online scams aren't going away, but tools like AI-powered alerts from PayPal and Venmo are making it much harder for scammers ...

In the scam, people received an email claiming to be from PayPal, an online money transfer service. In one example the email claims that an iPhone was ordered for $700, and in the email, there is ...

Scammers use real-looking PayPal invoices to rush you by phone. Learn quick checks and fixes to protect money and reputation.

New PayPal Scam Uses AI to Fool You—Then Takes Over Your Device Scammers are stepping up their game—and this time, they’re enlisting artificial intelligence to do the heavy lifting.

These phishing scams don’t involve PayPal, per se, but the scammers know so many people use it, they can use the brand and logo to trick them. Law enforcement agencies say these scams are surging.

“The new scam going around is catching people off guard because it’s using real PayPal emails,” said Vlad Cristescu, head of cybersecurity at ZeroBounce. “Not lookalikes. Not fakes.

PayPal is a popular and generally safe online payment system with over 400 million users. However, scammers are exploiting its popularity to trick people, even those without PayPal accounts.

PayPal and Venmo are introducing new AI-powered scam detection alerts to help users avoid fraud when sending money through their platforms.

How do PayPal scammers operate? As with scams on other online platforms, the main aim of PayPal scammers is to obtain sensitive data or gain control of user accounts — the two are often linked.

Robert Banzin, an 85-year-old retired priest, says he can’t believe he fell for a scam that robbed him of more than $60,000. It began in August with an email he received from what appeared to be ...