“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 ...

ROCHE HAS MORE. SO WHEN THE FBI IS ISSUING A WARNING ABOUT A SCAM, THEN YOU KNOW IT’S GOT TO BE SERIOUS. WE OFTEN REFER TO THIS ONE AS THE COMPUTER SCAM, BUT THE FBI IS CALLING IT THE PHANTOM HACKER ...

(WJAR) — Tech support scams are impacting older Americans at a staggering rate. According to the Federal Trade Commission, tech support scams target people 60 and older about five times more often ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A new twist on a computer scam as a senior citizen who has been targeted twice turned the tables on the scammer. Instead of almost losing thousands of dollars, she helped ...

BEREA, Ohio -- A West Street resident lost $89,800 through a computer and telephone scam. The resident told police he was operating his computer Nov. 15 when the screen turned black. A message on the ...

Officers from the Barnegat Police Department helped stop a resident from losing nearly $100,000 in a computer scam, according to a statement from the department. The resident reported to Patrolman ...

In a twist straight out of a thriller, one man refused to play the victim. After realizing he was being targeted by scammers, he launched a counterattack that ended with him taking control of their ...

SANFORD, N.C. (WTVD) -- A man was arrested Thursday in connection to computer scam targeting an elder victim. Avinash Chandreshbhai Patel,19, of Apex, is facing charges of attempted obtaining property ...

BARNEGAT— A Barnegat resident was saved from a devastating financial loss this week, thanks to the swift, after-hours work of the Barnegat Police Department and its federal and corporate partners. The ...

WESTLAKE, Ohio (WJW) — Police in Westlake said a computer scam artist was so convincing in the story he pitched to an elderly victim that she put thousands of dollars into a Cryptocurrency ATM, even ...