"I hope you let him scam you after," commented one TikTok user on the clip that has 7.7 million views.

After one phone call, mother of two lost everything.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman holds a landline phone to her ear. A 21-year-old German man who realized he had been targeted by a fraud call resorted to ...

Online scams are an ever-present threat, costing Americans nearly $119 billion a year. It’s not just happening on the internet either. Robocalls and text scams hit a six-year high in 2025. Now, with ...