Phyllis Weisberg, 90, never thought she’d fall for a scam. Though widowed and living alone, she maintained robust social connections and confidently used her mobile phone and laptop computer to ...

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 ...

Better Business Bureau president and CEO Randy Hutchinson gives consumers tips on how to avoid scams and protect assets.

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. — Computers have become an essential part of this tech-driven world. They can be our best friends or our worst enemies. So much information and data is stored within them that ...

SACO, Maine — Police arrested a Texas man Friday in connection with an organized technology support scam that targeted a Saco ...

Tech support scams are also on the rise, especially among older Americans. These scams often start with a pop-up warning about a “virus” or “security breach,” followed by a phone number to call for ...

A metro Atlanta senior citizen says his Vanguard retirement and investment accounts were drained by a crook posing as a federal agent. The scammer was pretending to help the victim recover money ...

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

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. You have been warned. This threat is now surging and has more than ...