An 85-year-old Florida woman lost $50,000 after falling victim to a tech scam that began with a pop-up warning on her ...

December is a busy time of year for shippers and scammers, with the biggest holiday scam involving fake shipping alerts ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. — Computers have become an essential part of this tech-driven world. They can be our best friends or our worst enemies. So much information and data is stored within them that ...

Everywhere you look there's a potential scam waiting to happen. Look no further than your inbox, CNET survey finds. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Cyber crime complaints in the United States hit an all-time high in 2024 with more than 859,000 victims reporting internet scams. While that is a staggering number ...

Many of the scams I write about are increasingly high-tech, such as those powered by Artificial Intelligence or that ask for payment via cryptocurrency. But a low-tech scam involving a UPS-delivered ...

PayPal and Venmo just rolled out something big: AI-powered scam alerts for Friends and Family payments. If you've ever worried about accidentally sending money to a scammer, this new feature is ...

Now the internet feels like the wild west, only with fewer cowboy hats and more AI-generated nonsense. Voice clones, pixel ...

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 ...

There’s a new PayPal phishing scam making the rounds, and it’s so convincing that even security-conscious users are getting caught in it. Unlike typical scams riddled with typos and fake domains, this ...

The FBI Cleveland Field Office is warning the public about common holiday scams and encouraging shoppers to be vigilant for ...