While disasters can lead scammers to take advantage of vulnerable groups by impersonating representatives from relief and government agencies, or with contracting scams, other types of fraud and impersonation can also surround these events. If you’re already feeling vulnerable, you may be more likely to fall for other types of fraud, such as:

It shouldn’t come as a shock given what we’ve seen before — but it likely will. A genuine hacking disaster is heading for Gmail, Apple Mail, Outlook and other email users. But thanks to a new security report, you will at least know what to look out for. Just make sure you don’t fall victim to this, making a nightmare situation even worse.

Layugan stresses that FEMA will never charge fees for applications ... and 1.9 million reported other types of scams to the FTC. Here are some ways to protect yourself from identity theft and ...

President Donald Trump said he plans to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as North Carolina is still recovering from Hurricane Helene more than 120 days after the storm ...

President Donald Trump warned late Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is set to face a reckoning following four years under the Biden administration, arguing the ...

FEMA was run by then-President Joe Biden's administration for the last four years. During a briefing about recovery efforts, the Republican Trump promised to speedily help North Carolina "get the ...

Dozens of employees across the government described agencies gripped with uncertainty about how to implement the new policies and workers frantically trying to assess the effect on their careers and families.

By Christopher Flavelle Christopher Flavelle has covered FEMA for almost a decade. President Trump mused on Friday about shutting down the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying that states ...

Since Hurricane Katrina, when the federal response was severely criticized, FEMA has been led by disaster management professionals who have run state or local emergency management agencies ...

To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the

FEMA is part of the Department of Homeland Security, which has an operating budget and disaster relief fund that needs to be replenished by Congress every year to help states deal with disaster ...

USA Today took note of the Republican’s related comments about the Federal Emergency Management Agency, better known as FEMA. ‘FEMA is a whole ‘nother discussion, because all it does is ...