Microsoft's new tool protects users from fake support and scam popups The new scareware sensor in Edge promises faster ...

They used fear tactics to basically hypnotize me into handing over all the money I’d worked so hard to earn and save over the ...

Fraudsters pretended to represent Microsoft and the U.S. government to scam a Laurel man out of $218,000 in gold, police say.

Phyllis Weisberg, 90, never thought she’d fall for a scam. Though widowed and living alone, she maintained robust social connections and confidently used her mobile phone and laptop computer to ...

The National Coalition on Aging (NCOA) says the Phantom Hacker Scam will try to target anyone, but they tend to go after older adults and in some cases have been able to get their entire life savings.

Tech support scams have risen significantly in recent years. According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, consumers and businesses lost almost a billion dollars ($924,512,658) to tech support ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. — Computers have become an essential part of this tech-driven world. They can be our best friends or our worst enemies. So much information and data is stored within them that ...

Pennsylvania State Police are alerting the public of scams involving individuals claiming to be from computer tech support. Individuals are receiving an increased number of these types of scam ...

In a major crackdown on a global online fraud racket, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) today carried out search operations at 15 locations.

Internet scams are a booming business. According to the most current crime report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2023, the United States saw the highest number of complaints—nearly 3.8 ...

WTTV/WXIN – The Federal Trade Commission is sending out a warning about a stubborn scam that could leave you locked out of your own computer. According to the FTC, tech support scams often appear as a ...

(WJAR) — Tech support scams are impacting older Americans at a staggering rate. According to the Federal Trade Commission, tech support scams target people 60 and older about five times more often ...