There are countless scams every day that start out by delivering an email with the sole purpose of having the targets click a link that takes them to a website that causes malware to be downloaded ...

As technology has continued to evolve at a more and more accelerated pace in recent years, online scams have become more sophisticated than ever. A few of the most effective scams of recent years have ...

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Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ experiences with and views of online scams and attacks. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,397 adults from April 14 to 20, 2025.