PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – An Indian college student was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a sweeping tech-support scam that he operated out of a home in Newport. Victims lost almost $1 ...
PHOENIX — Two citizens of India were recently indicted in connection with a tech support scam that targeted elderly Arizona victims, authorities announced Monday. Ahmed Maqbul Syed, 57, and Rupesh ...
Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do scammers ask victims to buy gift cards? What are some of the biggest ...
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8 online scam tricks rising now, and how to spot them fast
Online scams are evolving fast, but the tricks behind them are surprisingly predictable once you know what to look for. I focus here on eight tactics that are rising right now and show how to spot ...
The leader of a tech support fraud scheme was sentenced to seven years in prison after tricking at least 6,500 victims and generating more than $6 million. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, ...
In an email we received from Janet D., she shared her recent unsettling experience. Here’s what she described: "I received a pop-up that froze my computer and read, ‘Access to this system is blocked ...
The "Phantom Hacker" scam involves a coordinated team of fraudsters posing as tech support, financial institutions, and U.S. government agencies to convince victims their devices and money are at risk ...
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