This past week, many agencies celebrated "Safer Internet Day" by sharing tips to help us all be mindful of the importance of staying alert to potential safety and fraud issues online. One area that ...

A fake computer alert can be the first move in a scam that ends with someone moving their own retirement money out of reach. The ... Read More ...

A Texas man faces up to 20 years in federal prison after admitting he helped launder more than $1.2 million extracted from elderly victims through an international computer-support scam. Chase Harris, ...

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A Consumer First Alert: There’s a surge in tech support scams we want people to recognize. Scammers are targeting computer users with fake pop-up messages designed to scare ...

Tech support scams cost victims billions each year and often target the most vulnerable users. Scammers use fear and urgency to trick people into giving access to their devices or financial ...

“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 ...

A fake computer alert can be the first move in a scam that ends with someone moving their own retirement money out of reach. The scheme is known as the "Phantom Hacker" scam. It does not usually begin ...