The FBI is warning about a sophisticated “Phantom Hacker” scheme specifically targeting the elderly, and which has drained ...

Aided by US-based mules, these Chinese cybercrooks pester you with annoying scam texts - and cash in big time. Here's how the scam works, and what you can do.

Holiday charity scams target retirees through lookalike organization names, untraceable payment requests, and data broker ...

Companies often fail to refund money to victims and aggressively fight police to claw back scam money seized from machines.

A Marion County couple claims they were scammed out of thousands of dollars after attempting to resolve a problem with their ...

WE all like to think that we’d beat the scammers if they came knocking – but are you really that savvy? After all, the latest ...

Consumers are losing an estimated $158 billion a year to fraud, with about 57,000 new victims each day, a new report warns. The National Task Force ...

Scams are nothing new – fraud has existed as long as human greed. What changes are the tools. Scammers thrive on exploiting vulnerable, uninformed users, and they adapt to whatever technologies or ...

MCCALL, Idaho -- The McCall Police Department is sending out some tips about common scams circulating around that everyone should be aware of. Tech support scams happen when a scammer calls pretending ...

(WJAR) — The FBI is warning of a scam that's drained more than $1 billion dollars from victims since 2024. It’s called the " Phantom Hacker" scam, and there are several layers to it. Initially, a ...

Tech support scams often start with pop-ups on computer screens that warn of viruses or identity theft, urging users to call a number. Sometimes they begin with a direct cold call to the victim. Once ...

A consumer recently reported to DATCP that they encountered a threatening computer pop-up that said there was an issue with their device which required technical support. The consumer called a phone ...