“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 ...

The scammer told the victim her bank account had been hacked by a "Russian gaming or pornography group," according to police.

It began with a message in WIRED technology journalist Andy Greenberg's inbox, sent from a lawless stretch of Laos bordering Myanmar and Thailand. A computer engineer from India, trapped far from home ...

Security experts say a new scam is spreading fast, and it looks like something many people get all the time: A simple calendar invite. One local woman told the ABC7 I-Team she nearly lost thousands.

Scammers are getting smarter in their efforts to get your personal information. Between the phone calls, emails and even text messages, you need to remain on guard because you could be caught in a ...

Scammers are sending phishing emails from a genuine Microsoft address. Here's why this scam is so effective and how you ...

It feels awful to be scammed. Unnerving to have a person's voice suddenly yelling at you right out of your computer. And you can't make it stop. "You've been hacked!" "You have pornographic material ...

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An article detailing the most common scams targeting seniors and how to avoid them.