CINCINNATI (WKRC) - It's a scam that was prevalent during tax season, but now that same scam is evolving. The con artists are determined to target you all year round. A viewer e-mail asked for advice ...

Scammers use texts, calls, emails and letters to create a false sense of urgency about debt repayment. Always ask for detailed information about the debt and the debt collector’s contact details to ...

Three Oklahoma men who ran a collection agency that fraudulently demanded hefty payments from military personnel, veterans and seniors are permanently banned from further billing operations. A federal ...

MESSAGE. OH, YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. THEY SAID THAT THEY’VE GOTTEN HUNDREDS OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE YESTERDAY AND TODAY ABOUT THIS SCAM. AND NOW THEY’RE URGING PEOPLE TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES SO YOU DON’T ...

Victims of the scam have received bills in the mail for fees fraudulently associated with their license plate number.

Complaints about aggressive debt collection have skyrocketed in recent months, federal data shows, a sign that more Americans are falling behind on credit cards and medical bills. The rise in ...

State officials are warning Americans not to respond to a surge of scam road toll collection texts. The texts impersonating state road toll collection agencies attempt to get phone users to reveal ...

The Federal Trade Commission logged over 140,000 consumer complaints about debt collection in the second quarter — a 220% jump from the same period a year earlier. Georgia, Texas and Florida recorded ...

An erroneous personal tax bill has turned into a political crusade of sorts for state Rep. Eric Davanzo, a Smithton Republican. It started in August 2024, when the representative for the 58th House ...

(NewsNation) — U.S. households now owe a record $18.4 trillion in debt, and federal data shows complaints about aggressive debt collection have surged over the past year. The Federal Trade Commission ...