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A Fort Myers man is behind bars after police say he played a key role in an international scam that drained hundreds of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The FBI warns that calls are on the rise from scammers pretending to be tech support or a computer software company. The hackers get into the victim's computer, essentially taking it ...

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 ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - October is “Cyber Security Awareness Month” when The Department of Homeland Security warns Americans about the worst scams that threaten our money, our privacy and our peace of mind.

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 ...

Research by Chainalysis reveals that AI-powered impersonation tactics have exploded by an unprecedented 1,400% year-over-year ...

Coinbase, Ripple, Cash App and Match Group join forces through TASC in a cross-industry effort to help families talk openly about scam red flags using Scamberry Pie as a simple holiday conversation ...

The breach occurred through a compromised third-party marketing platform, allowing attackers to impersonate the trusted ...

Police say the suspect was a courier who had been dispatched to meet the victim of a tech support scam and collect an undisclosed amount of gold from them. What we know about the Brown University ...

Michelle Ehrhardt is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor. She has a bachelor's degree in history from Earlham College, where she also double majored in theatre. She also holds an MFA in game design ...

The tech industry organization NetChoice is backing Meta's request for an immediate appeal in a dispute over its potential liability for scam ads. The group argued in a proposed friend-of-the-court ...