A Northern California man is facing felony charges in an elaborate computer fraud scheme that prosecutors say used a fake Microsoft warning, frightening claims and an impostor federal agent to swindle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nachiket Banwari, a Charlotte resident, was sentenced to serve more than two years in prison for participating in a tech scheme. A ...

Google has filed a lawsuit to dismantle "Lighthouse", a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform used by cybercriminals worldwide to steal credit card information through SMS phishing ("smishing") ...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office released a report with information about the top scams reported in the state over March. During March, the office’s Consumer ...

You are browsing the web when a warning suddenly takes over the page. It says your browser needs a "Critical Update" before you can continue. It looks like Chrome ...

It’s a scary scenario: What would you do if you lost access to everything on your computer? KSN sister station WBAY Target 2 News reports tech scams are crashing computers at homes and businesses ...

TRICKS THEY ARE USING TO GET YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. YOU TURN ON YOUR LAPTOP OR YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE A VERY FRIGHTENING MESSAGE. SOMETIMES WITH A BLARING AUDIBLE ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: WTVR CBS 6/YouTube. An 86-year-old Virginia woman lost $11,500 after a fake bank warning turned into a gift card ...

If you own a phone or a computer, you have almost certainly been the target of a scam. No matter your age, scammers have become more attuned than ever to preying on society’s most vulnerable.

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 ...

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