“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 ...

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 ...

Better Business Bureau president and CEO Randy Hutchinson gives consumers tips on how to avoid scams and protect assets.

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 ...

Scammers routinely impersonate Microsoft online. New research breaks down how the brand is used in phishing and why it still ...

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 ...

BRAND NEW WORKWEEK. JADE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. BROOKE. AUTHORITIES ON THE TREASURE COAST ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE ELDERLY BEING TARGETED BY SCAMS. SOME CASES INVOLVING THE LOSS OF THOUSANDS AND ...

LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A warning from area law enforcement: Beware of a computer scam showing up in northeastern and central Pennsylvania. This scam targets a specific demographic, a certain ...

Sandra Jung had plans for May 8. The 86-year-old North Little Rock resident was going to clean the house that she shares with her longtime partner, Rodney Nicholson, whose daughter was arriving the ...