An 89-year-old Las Vegas Vietnam veteran says a phone call he thought would bring a windfall instead wiped out roughly $180,000 of his savings. Scammers convinced him he had hit a massive sweepstakes ...

Bringing home a new puppy is supposed to be a happy moment. For dozens of Texans this winter, it ended with empty wallets and ...

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 ...

This starts like a classic refund scam: fake invoices, remote access, and a “refund form” designed to confuse you. Then the script flips—suddenly the scammer is the one under pressure, being told to ...

Telegram posts reveal cyber gangs paying high amounts to women for impersonation in IT support fraud operations ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Public awareness campaigns for consumer fraud have long painted older adults as the primary victims of scams. But recent data flips the script, showing that younger adults actually ...

Let me tell you how I came within steps of becoming a victim in an elaborate social engineering scheme designed to exploit something so routine and apparently ...

OpenAI says scammers are using ChatGPT to commit romance fraud and fake law-firm personas. Here’s how to spot red flags and verify fast.

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ESET researchers discover PromptSpy Android malware using Google Gemini AI to analyze screens, adapt attacks and manipulate devices through Accessibility Service.