“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 ...

Over the past few months, a large-scale cloud storage subscription scam campaign has been targeting users worldwide with repeated emails falsely warning recipients that their photos, files, and ...

Learn the 15 most common financial scams targeting consumers today and how to spot red flags, protect your money, and avoid falling victim.

LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A warning from area law enforcement: Beware of a computer scam showing up in northeastern and central Pennsylvania. This scam targets a specific demographic, a certain ...

It feels awful to be scammed. Unnerving to have a person's voice suddenly yelling at you right out of your computer. And you can't make it stop. "You've been hacked!" "You have pornographic material ...

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - As college students are headed back to school and families are looking for new computers to start out the school year, there are plenty of scam tactics to look out for when ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An electronics scam that could be on the rise as an Omaha retailer warns some bad actors are taking advantage of online shoppers looking for lower prices. It comes as prices on ...

ROCHE HAS MORE. SO WHEN THE FBI IS ISSUING A WARNING ABOUT A SCAM, THEN YOU KNOW IT’S GOT TO BE SERIOUS. WE OFTEN REFER TO THIS ONE AS THE COMPUTER SCAM, BUT THE FBI IS CALLING IT THE PHANTOM HACKER ...

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.

With money and sensitive financial information, be wary of everything. Talk about this to your family members and co-workers. Spread the word.

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 ...