The Portage County Sheriff's Office is warning of two separate reports it has received of a "Microsoft virus" scam targeting seniors. In this scheme, victims are falsely informed that their computers ...

“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 ...

Scam call centers often rely on fear tactics, pretending to be companies like Microsoft or Norton to trick victims into ...

VENTURA, Calif. – Two Los Angeles men were arrested Friday when they arrived at a Ventura home to pick up money from a victim in connection to a computer-based scam On Feb. 13, around 2:40 p.m., the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two Angelenos have been arrested for allegedly hacking the computer of an elderly Ventura resident by using a “Norton Virus” scam.

CONSIDERING THIS CHANGE. DEMOCRATS OPPOSE THE MEASURE. AN 86 YEAR-OLD VICTIM OF A COMPUTER SCAM IS GETTING THEIR MONEY BACK THANKS TO BEDFORD POLICE. BEDFORD POLICE SAY THE VICTIM RECEIVED AN ALERT ...

Fake virus alerts prey on your fear and urgency—but spotting them doesn’t have to be tricky. Thankfully, some straightforward methods make recognizing fake warnings simple, helping you stay calm and ...

In my computer service business, we regularly get calls from users that have been scammed. Some have let a remote scammer onto their computer and get their data/passwords stolen, while some get taken ...