A fake computer alert can be the first move in a scam that ends with someone moving their own retirement money out of reach.

“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 ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania State Police are warning residents about a computer scam that tricks victims into sending bitcoin or other ...

Financial planner Dottie Bourlier explains how to spot and avoid common government impersonation and other scams.

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 ...

A California man accused of a multi-state computer scam was arrested in Mesa County after authorities say he took money from ...

In a twist straight out of a thriller, one man refused to play the victim. After realizing he was being targeted by scammers, ...

Generative AI (GenAI) tools used by cyber criminal fraudsters to create convincing deepfake voice scams appear to have mastered the fine art of the Glaswegian accent, according to stand-up comic Billy ...

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Busy scammers are targeting Fairfield County computers. Your computer develops a series of frustrating problems. An e-mail comes on your screen supposedly from from Microsoft, telling you to call the ...