The WGAL News 8 On Your Side team has gathered the top 5 most common scams of 2025. Out of the thousands of calls and emails we get from our viewers about scams every year, here are the most popular.

Getting a brand-new iPhone should be a moment you enjoy. You open the box. You power it on. Everything feels secure. Unfortunately, scammers know that moment too. Over the past few weeks, we've heard ...

Greater Cincinnati first responders are warning about scams targeting older adults during the holiday season. Greater Cincinnati first responders are warning about scams targeting older adults during ...

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UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 13: Brokerage firm Merrill Lynch at the World Financial Center. (Photo by Robert Rosamilio/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) Nina Mortellito, an 86-year-old New Yorker is ...

Question: What are these Bitcoin ATM scams targeting the elderly, so I can warn my parents? Answer: Bitcoin ATM scams are one of the fastest-growing ways criminals are stealing money, especially from ...

A robocall scam is targeting hundreds of thousands of consumers each week, with fraudsters impersonating employees of Walmart in an effort to obtain people's personal information, according to a ...

Google is suing a Chinese-speaking cybercriminal group it says is responsible for a massive wave of scam text messages sent to Americans this year, according to a legal complaint filed Tuesday. The ...

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Scammers are back to their old antics, this time with a Christmas theme, just as the festive season is about to begin. Consumer protection agency Which? has warned that a Cadbury Christmas giveaway ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is sounding the alarm on an evolving ransom and kidnapping scam using doctored images to secure payments from unknowing victims. In this latest scheme, criminals ...