A fake computer alert can be the first move in a scam that ends with someone moving their own retirement money out of reach.

A suspicious username, often similar to a real username (like “contact12” for a scammer impersonating a company’s customer ...

A Pearisburg resident was trying to pay a utility bill online when a computer message claimed the device had been hacked and ...

A Charlotte man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for participating in a multi-million-dollar, international tech scam that mostly targeted elderly victims with fake online pop-up ads, federal ...

Xenia FISH Pantry celebrates county’s gift of building, and how it will help I’ve written about this countless times over the years, but the scammers don’t stop, so I won’t stop bringing it up. In my ...

Truecaller is turning scam defense into a shared task, giving relatives tools to manage protection settings and step into suspected fraud calls. Phone scam defenses usually depend on the person ...

Scam alert note on a telephone receiver on a desk, warning of potential fraud. Recently the FBI led a successful joint investigation with the Montgomery Maryland Police Department and the Montgomery ...

Scammers can use new AI technology to mimic the voice of someone you know and create a phone call or voicemail recording. That “voice cloning” technology has recently advanced, and anyone with the ...

Google is introducing a new Android security feature that will detect and flag phone calls in which scammers use artificial intelligence to impersonate a user's personal contacts. Called "fake call ...

The Better Business Bureau has tallied up the statistics from 2014 and created a Top 10 Scams list. Here's a heads-up to what scams consumers can expect to see again in 2015. A caller claims to be ...

Tax relief phone call scams are common year-round, and criminals use them to get money and commit identity theft. There is an IRS tax debt compromise option, however, that could allow you to settle ...