“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This starts like a classic refund scam: fake invoices, remote access, and a “refund form” designed to confuse you. Then the ...

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 ...

Technology is providing new tools to those who would take advantage of older people – while helping banks fight fraud.

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 ...

SANFORD, N.C. (WTVD) -- A man was arrested Thursday in connection to computer scam targeting an elder victim. Avinash Chandreshbhai Patel,19, of Apex, is facing charges of attempted obtaining property ...