Tech support scams have risen significantly in recent years. According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, consumers and businesses lost almost a billion dollars ($924,512,658) to tech support ...
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A man is now a person of interest in Prince George's County for his alleged connection to a scam involving fake tech support and fake letters from the Social ...
Bottom line: A recent warning from Malwarebytes explains that users searching for tech support phone numbers can encounter fake contact information, even when visiting the official websites of major ...
These fake Google search results serve up real websites—but with a dangerous twist. Cyber scammers are using search engine listings to dupe Bank of America, Netflix, and Microsoft customers into ...
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 ...
NEW YORK (WCBS) — A Brooklyn woman was scammed out of $100,000 in an elaborate scheme involving a frozen computer, an in-person meeting and a secret code word. As police search for the alleged scammer ...
When a problem pops up with your computer and you want to find the tech support number, Google’s a good place to find it, right? Wrong! A growing number of people are being victimized when they call ...
Whether it's scam text messages, fake ads, unsolicited social media messages, or just plain old phishing emails, the methods used by cybercriminals to hook their targets are getting more sophisticated ...
Scammers are becoming more sophisticated, using tactics like posing as official crypto support executives to deceive you into sharing private information or transferring funds to fraudulent wallets.