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 ...

“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 ...

After hacking a scammer’s computer, the system suddenly went offline and disappeared. Ten days later, it came back online ...

(WJAR) — Tech support scams are impacting older Americans at a staggering rate. According to the Federal Trade Commission, tech support scams target people 60 and older about five times more often ...

Americans aged 60 and older lost a staggering $700 million to online scams in 2024, marking a sharp rise in fraud targeting seniors, according to the Federal Trade Commission. This figure, presented ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A new twist on a computer scam as a senior citizen who has been targeted twice turned the tables on the scammer. Instead of almost losing thousands of dollars, she helped ...

This video shows how pop-ups are used to overwhelm a scammer’s computer. Windows multiply faster than they can be closed. The ...

WESTLAKE, Ohio (WJW) — Police in Westlake said a computer scam artist was so convincing in the story he pitched to an elderly victim that she put thousands of dollars into a Cryptocurrency ATM, even ...

A retired lawyer lost the money in a tech support scam, a type of online fraud that is surging. Citibank said it couldn’t recover the funds, which criminals wired from inside his account. David Welles ...

Today’s kids are more digitally active than ever, which makes them vulnerable to online scams. Here’s a look at some back-to-school scams targeting students—and how to avoid becoming a victim. For ...