In my computer service business, we regularly get calls from users that have let a remote scammer onto their computer. Sometimes they even pay the scammer before realizing it was a scam, or they pay ...

It might have a legit looking phone number, but that Windows Defender alert might be fake. Here's what to look out for.

“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 ...

Imagine working on your computer and getting an alert on your screen—that’s what happened to one viewer wanting to spread the word about this new scam. Viewer message: "My computer locked up with a ...

Circle to Search is getting a new trick that detects suspicious messages or web content, letting users know why ...

YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE SO YOU DON’T FALL FOR IT. FOLKS HAVE REPEATEDLY TOLD YOU ABOUT THESE POP UP MESSAGES ON YOUR COMPUTER, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL FALLING FOR THIS SCAM AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY ONCE ...

QUINCY ‒ Police made two arrests in what authorities described as a "tech support scam" targeting a senior citizen from Quincy, according to a press release issued Thursday morning by Chief Mark ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) is searching for two suspects involved in a computer scam. Not only did they infiltrate a man’s computer and steal his money, they also went to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 46-year-old man from Annadale was arrested in connection with scam where a senior citizen from Long Island was conned out of $47,000 by a group of individuals, police said. Lin ...