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Ever received an unexpected alert by text or email claiming there is a problem with your computer that the sender needs your help to fix? That could very well have been a tech support scam. The ...
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 ...
This scam involves a pop-up message appearing on a computer screen, claiming that Trojan spyware has been detected and access ...
Could a phone call wash away decades of savings? For thousands of older Americans, the answer has been a sorrowful yes. The ...
Imagine working on your computer and getting this alert on your screen—that’s what happened to one viewer wanting to spread the word about this new scam.
A Yonkers women was scammed $20,000 by thieves who claimed to work for Microsoft-- and then managed to gain access to her computer's camera.
Scam, 200 block of CR 282, Garrison. A woman said that she provided her debit-card information after someone told her that “her computer was being hacked and he needed $50 to help her get it stopped.” ...
The subject stated that there was a virus on his computer, and he could rectify the virus but needed $5,000 in Lowe’s gift cards. The victim recognized the scam when the subject requested ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is warning the public after a pop-up alert cost at least one metro area resident $1 million. According to KCPD detectives, the ...
Sandra Jung had plans for May 8. The 86-year-old North Little Rock resident was going to clean the house that she shares with her longtime partner, Rodney Nicholson, whose daughter was arriving ...