“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 ...
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 ...
This video shows how pop-ups are used to overwhelm a scammer’s computer. Windows multiply faster than they can be closed. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scammers routinely impersonate Microsoft online. New research breaks down how the brand is used in phishing and why it still works.
OLIVIA — A caller's report to police of an ongoing phone and computer scam that brought couriers to their home to collect cash led to the arrest of two suspects in Olivia. According to a news release ...
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 ...