A fake computer alert can be the first move in a scam that ends with someone moving their own retirement money out of reach.
A scam has targeted one Acadiana resident who claims she paid a company $500 last year for virus protection on her computer. The company recently contacted the woman demanding she go to a website and ...
In a twist straight out of a thriller, one man refused to play the victim. After realizing he was being targeted by scammers, ...
An 88-year-old Sioux Falls man lost $40,000 after a computer warning turned into a bank-hacking scare, according to local ...
“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 ...
This video follows a common “Apple charge” scam where criminals try to scare victims into believing their bank account is compromised. The caller “transfers” the victim to a fake bank fraud department ...
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 ...
A scam that was prevalent a few years ago is making a comeback nationwide, and its effects are being felt in the Miami Valley. On Thursday, the Dayton Better Business Bureau confirmed that callers are ...
Financial planner Dottie Bourlier explains how to spot and avoid common government impersonation and other scams.