Gen Z is surprisingly vulnerable to online scams. If your child is heading to college, use this essential guide to protect ...

Known as “ghost students,” scammers have taken at least $350 million in student grants and loans using stolen identities or fake personal data, according to the Department of Education’s Office of ...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General has more than 200 investigations open across the country as some schemes are suspected of stealing over a billion dollars. College ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

It’s a digital wolf in sheep’s clothing. A Toronto college student has issued a warning to the public after nearly falling prey to an insidious new human test scam proliferating on the internet, which ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Police Department (UTCPD) is warning students and locals about a sextortion scam that is targeting college students. They say they have ...

Colleges and universities are facing a new fraud tactic that has made them more susceptible to digital theft. Known as ghost students, hackers are exploiting pandemic-related vulnerabilities to steal ...

BEREA, Ohio -- A Baldwin Wallace University student lost $800 through a telecommunications scam. The student said that on Feb. 3, she was contacted by someone on GroupMe, a messaging app. The scammer ...

College students, there's a new group of scammers called "ghost students" who are creating fake identities or stealing others to enroll in colleges and universities and taking off with millions in ...