“Message scam losses are on the rise,” is the headline in a recent edition of the AARP Bulletin. To be sure, in every single AARP publication as well as in Consumer Reports and other magazines, there ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - A computer pop-up warning of a virus might seem like a standard tech annoyance, but deputies say a ...

Debt Collection and SNAP Scams Join Top Fraud Threats Facing Vermonters. Vermont Business Magazine Vermonters made a total of 3,982 scam reports to the Attorney General’s Consum ...

This video shows how pop-ups are used to overwhelm a scammer’s computer. Windows multiply faster than they can be closed. The ...

ROCHE HAS MORE. SO WHEN THE FBI IS ISSUING A WARNING ABOUT A SCAM, THEN YOU KNOW IT’S GOT TO BE SERIOUS. WE OFTEN REFER TO THIS ONE AS THE COMPUTER SCAM, BUT THE FBI IS CALLING IT THE PHANTOM HACKER ...

TOP SCAMS OF 2024. OUR TOP FIVE SCAM LIST ARE THE SCAMS THAT WE HEAR ABOUT FROM VIEWERS MOST OFTEN. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MOST OF THE TIME, PEOPLE DON’T FALL FOR THE SCAMS. BUT OUR NUMBER TWO SCAM FOR ...

Scammers claiming to be computer professionals targeted a number of people in and around Winston-Salem, warning people their security systems had failed and charging $400 to $500 for bogus work. The ...

CAPE CORAL, Fla.- A Cape Coral woman says she’s out hundreds of dollars after scammers threatened her into paying in exchange for saving her computer from a fake virus. Pamela Nielsen, 65, said she ...

If the scammer loaded software that can read your computer’s innards, your bank account and other vital information may become easy pickings. Scammers sometimes call again and try to arrange other ...

BAY VILLAGE, Ohio (WJW) — Bay Village police are warning people about the dangers of computer scammers after a man lost $15,000. Saturday afternoon, a Bay Village resident contacted police to report ...