The Federal Trade Commission and Florida attorney general have shut down a major computer tech scam that they said bilked computer users out of millions of dollars by making them believe that their ...

Phyllis Weisberg, 90, never thought she’d fall for a scam. Though widowed and living alone, she maintained robust social connections and confidently used her mobile phone and laptop computer to ...

A 34-year-old Brampton man has been charged following a year-long, multi-jurisdictional police investigation into international fraud and cybercrime. Peel Regional Police said the investigation, which ...

A woman in the Kootenays is out nearly $7,000 thanks to a bogus tech support scam. RCMP said in a news release they were called on Jan. 20 by a 47-year-old Trail, B.C. woman about a “sophisticated ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A Consumer First Alert: There’s a surge in tech support scams we want people to recognize. Scammers are targeting computer users with fake pop-up messages designed to scare ...

Microsoft released its 2021 Global Tech Support Scam Research report, which shows that 65 percent of Canadian adults were exposed to a tech support scam. These types of scams involve fraudsters faking ...

Coinbase, Ripple, Cash App and Match Group join forces through TASC in a cross-industry effort to help families talk openly about scam red flags using Scamberry Pie as a simple holiday conversation ...

BENGALURU: The Special Cell of the Cyber Command, along with the Cyber Crime Police Station (CCPS), Whitefield Division, has busted a fraudulent software firm that allegedly cheated US citizens by ...

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A woman from St. Mary's First Nation in Fredericton is speaking out after she was targeted by an online pop-up scam. Sheila Brooks said she was using the internet on her laptop at home on May 4, when ...