“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 ...

HUNTINGDON, Pa. (WTAJ) — An alarming new scam is spreading across Pennsylvania. While arrests have been made, law enforcement is warning this could be part of a more elaborate, nationwide scheme.

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 ...

If you stay on the internet long enough, you are bound to come across browser pop-ups. While many of them are just annoying, ranging from advertisements and paywall restrictions to requests to disable ...

A Lakin, Kansas, family is speaking out after their 87-year-old father was scammed out of $30,000 — and nearly lost his entire retirement fund — after a fraudulent computer alert. Tom Grauburger says ...

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 ...

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Approximately $328,573 was returned to an elderly Connecticut woman who fell victim to a computer support scheme last February. A computer support scam involves an alert appearing on a victim’s ...

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has received numerous reports of a computer scam that’s targeting seniors throughout the county, including one report of an individual who lost over ...

The FBI's San Francisco office warned the public on Tuesday against a new scam called "The Phantom Hacker" that targets older adults. In the new scam, swindlers pretend to be tech support staff, bank ...