The rise of AI has helped scammers build intricate networks of fake news and investment advice — with the aim to swindle customers out of millions ...

A Charlotte man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for participating in a multi-million-dollar, international tech scam ...

“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 ...

BROOK PARK, Ohio – A Middlebrook Boulevard resident was defrauded of $50,000 through a computer scam. The fraud was reported at about 11:30 a.m. Feb. 16. The resident was notified on her computer to ...

Scam of the Week generally runs every Tuesday. Readers are welcome to contact reporter Jake Hutchison to report scams and potential scams they have come in contact with by calling 828-1329 or via ...

A fake Apple email about app-specific passwords claims a $2,990 PayPal charge and urges recipients to call a support number, but it is a phishing scam.

Fairview Heights police warn of a $90,000 computer pop-up scam targeting elderly residents, urging caution against fraudulent ...

SANFORD, N.C. (WTVD) -- A man was arrested Thursday in connection to computer scam targeting an elder victim. Avinash Chandreshbhai Patel,19, of Apex, is facing charges of attempted obtaining property ...

A Cumberland County deputy responded to Androscoggin Savings Bank in Gray on Friday after reports of a fraud involving an elderly couple who were targeted in a computer scam. According to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mistake by a bank teller may have saved a Natick woman nearly $92,000 after she fell victim to an online scam, police said.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The scam was simple: A virus infected computers with a ...