If you love the holidays, I can promise you scammers love them even more. December is their Super Bowl, and one of the biggest scams this time of year involves fake shipping and delivery alerts. They ...

Tech-support scams cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Seniors are particular targets of the crooks, sometimes losing their life savings. The scam often starts with a call, email, ...

Question: What are these Bitcoin ATM scams targeting the elderly, so I can warn my parents? Answer: Bitcoin ATM scams are one of the fastest-growing ways criminals are stealing money, especially from ...

Google is suing a Chinese-speaking cybercriminal group it says is responsible for a massive wave of scam text messages sent to Americans this year, according to a legal complaint filed Tuesday. The ...

Meta’s Chinese advertisers were found to be defrauding users of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp globally, and despite being aware of this, the company did not take substantial steps to address the ...

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SCAMMERS OFTEN TARGET OLDER CONSUMERS. AND ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SCAM REPORT FROM THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, SCAMMERS ARE GETTING TO THEIR TARGETS MORE OFTEN. EIGHT ON YOUR SIDE CONSUMER ...

Police say the suspect was a courier who had been dispatched to meet the victim of a tech support scam and collect an undisclosed amount of gold from them. What we know about the Brown University ...

If you’re an honest person, it may be difficult for you to believe that someone would scam you. Internet scammers can be slick enough to convince you they’re someone they’re not. Only you can protect ...

A local man thought there was a problem with his computer, then when he tried tech support, he ended up falling for an elaborate scheme that cost him big time. Tech support scams have sadly become so ...