It might have a legit looking phone number, but that Windows Defender alert might be fake. Here's what to look out for.

In my computer service business, we regularly get calls from users that have let a remote scammer onto their computer. Sometimes they even pay the scammer before realizing it was a scam, or they pay ...

SCAM THAT TARGETED THEM THROUGH THEIR COMPUTER SCAMS THAT TARGET YOU AND THREATEN YOU THROUGH YOUR COMPUTER. ARE SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN. FOLKS. IN FACT, COMPUTER THREAT SCAMS WERE MY NUMBER ...

“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 ...

Imagine working on your computer and getting an alert on your screen—that’s what happened to one viewer wanting to spread the word about this new scam. Viewer message: "My computer locked up with a ...

Two people face federal charges for hijacking computers, making threats and stealing millions of dollars. One victim from Oklahoma has already come forward and the FBI believes there are more. Victims ...

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn woman was scammed out of $100,000 in an elaborate scheme involving a frozen computer, an in-person meeting and a secret code word. As police search for the alleged scammer, the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) is searching for two suspects involved in a computer scam. Not only did they infiltrate a man’s computer and steal his money, they also went to ...