Websites are creating fake obituaries or reposting real ones without permission to profit from grieving families. These sites often mimic legitimate funeral home websites, leading families to order ...

Fraudsters create fake LLCs with the goal of cashing in, often passing bad checks or opening a line of credit they’ll never ...

AI is helping make doctors the unwitting stars of deepfake videos that hawk questionable products or spread misinformation, prompting calls from clinicians for more privacy and transparency laws. Why ...

Recently, I was shown dozens of small pictures of Donald Trump, some real, others digitally created. I found it impossible to distinguish among them. Asked to pick three that were possibly fake, I got ...

Fake news is enemy No. 1 right now. Companies and governments are trying to figure out who should be in charge of spotting misinformation and getting rid of it. MIT researcher Sinan Aral has found ...

Scam books have plagued Amazon for years. The newest reported scam is a book listing for Luis Elizondo’s ‘Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs.’ The fake posting had the same cover, but a ...