A Charlotte man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for participating in a multi-million-dollar, international tech scam ...
“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 ...
At 81, Laura McFarling is looking for a job 15 years after retirement because she needs the money.
A scammer thought he could solve his “problem” by getting rid of his laptop. Bad idea. The machine goes dark… then pops back up online in a different place, with a different guy running the same ...
Scammer Payback on MSN

Holding a scammer's computer hostage

This video follows a common “Apple charge” scam where criminals try to scare victims into believing their bank account is ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WESTLAKE, Ohio (WJW) — Police in Westlake said a computer scam artist was so convincing in the story he pitched to an elderly ...
Fairview Heights police warn of a $90,000 computer pop-up scam targeting elderly residents, urging caution against fraudulent ...
TREMPEALEAU COUNTY, Wis. (WXOW) — The Trempealeau County Sheriff's Office has received multiple reports of a current internet ...
It's a new scam that's targeting computer owners. Thieves call and pretend to be tech support to steal your money and personal information. The story sounds believable and it all begins with a phone ...
BEREA, Ohio -- A North Rocky River Drive resident lost $9,950 through a computer-phone scam. The resident told police Nov. 12 that she had received a notice on her computer screen that a virus had ...
WILLMAR - Local law enforcement warns of a phone scam sweeping the area in which the caller claims to be from Microsoft and asks for access to computer files and money to repair a virus. A number of ...