A scam has targeted one Acadiana resident who claims she paid a company $500 last year for virus protection on her computer. The company recently contacted the woman demanding she go to a website and ...

A Pennridge resident was targeted by an online blackmail scammer claiming 'illegal pornography' and demanding a fee.

Fake Check Scams Someone sends you a check or money order, which you are asked to deposit in your account and wire-transfer the sender a portion of the money, minus a nice bonus for you as a “thank ...

Scammers are getting sneakier, so we have to be smarter. Here’s how.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nachiket Banwari, a Charlotte resident, was sentenced to serve more than two years in prison for participating in a tech scheme.

Scammers will never pass up an opportunity to use malware to steal your data. While we're using the internet for nearly everything from banking to social media, they're creating thousands of new ...

A 35-year-old Revere man was arrested for allegedly trying to scam someone out of $15,000. Around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Essex police received a report from a family member of an Essex resident who ...

A new scam using fake CAPTCHA authentication screens allows hackers to access your computer.

The Ohio Attorney General’s office is warning consumers about a scam that has seen an uptick in recent weeks involving computer repairs. Callers claim to be with a large corporation and telling people ...

A scam that was prevalent a few years ago is making a comeback nationwide, and its effects are being felt in the Miami Valley. On Thursday, the Dayton Better Business Bureau confirmed that callers are ...

A Charlotte man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for participating in a multi-million-dollar, international tech scam that mostly targeted elderly victims with fake online pop-up ads, federal ...