Technology has supercharged age-old fraud. AI makes deception virtually indistinguishable from reality, crypto enables anonymous theft, and the remote-work era expands opportunities to trick people.

(WJAR) — The FBI is warning of a scam that's drained more than $1 billion dollars from victims since 2024. It’s called the " Phantom Hacker" scam, and there are several layers to it. Initially, a ...

Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do scammers ask victims to buy gift cards? What are some of the biggest ...

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — The Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) said two men are being charged after being accused of scamming victims out of large amounts of money in two ...

Tech support scammers are modern-day con artists, preying on our deepest technological fears and vulnerabilities. Tammy of Flagler Beach, Florida, recently reached out to us with a concerning email: ...

Pennsylvania State Police are alerting the public of scams involving individuals claiming to be from computer tech support.

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — In today's Community Conversations, a special agent Jeanette Harper from El Paso FBI, joined the KFOX14 Morning News to talk about tech support fraud. Harper said tech ...

The Waimea Community Association hosted a meeting earlier this month offering guidance on identifying and avoiding financial ...

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 ...

When 73-year-old Evelyn received an unexpected text from someone claiming to be a tech billionaire in desperate need of help, she was flattered — and convinced she was helping somebody trustworthy in ...

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