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 ...

Tech support scams are also on the rise, especially among older Americans. These scams often start with a pop-up warning about a “virus” or “security breach,” followed by a phone number to call for ...

Ever received an unexpected alert by text or email claiming there is a problem with your computer that the sender needs your help to fix? That could very well have been a tech support scam. The ...

Older Americans continued to lose billions of dollars to fraud in 2024, with scams increasingly exploiting trust, urgency and ...

Fraud losses reported by people 60 and older climbed to nearly $2.4 billion in 2024, quadrupling since 2020 Investment ...

A new report from the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) paints a sobering picture of just how much damage cyber criminals are doing across the country. In 2024, more than 859,000 Americans ...

There's a surge in tech support scams. We want you to know the signs, even if you don't understand the technology.

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HONOLULU (KHON2) — Better Business Bureau’s Cameron Nakashima joined Wake Up 2Day to explain who’s being targeted, how much they’re losing, and what you need to watch out for on the ongoing issues ...

Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Epoxydude / fStop / artpartner-images / The Image Bank / Getty Online scams aren’t just becoming more common, they’re changing in approach, and getting harder ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Cyber crime complaints in the United States hit an all-time high in 2024 with more than 859,000 victims reporting internet scams. While that is a staggering number ...