Better Business Bureau president and CEO Randy Hutchinson gives consumers tips on how to avoid scams and protect assets.
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 ...
Scammers routinely impersonate Microsoft online. New research breaks down how the brand is used in phishing and why it still ...
Answer: Bitcoin ATM scams are one of the fastest-growing ways criminals are stealing money, especially from older adults.
A local man thought there was a problem with his computer, then when he tried tech support, he ended up falling for an ...
Cybercriminals are using fake search engine listings to hijack the results for people looking for tech support from brands like Apple, Bank of America, Facebook, HP, Microsoft, Netflix, and PayPal.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
SCAMMERS OFTEN TARGET OLDER CONSUMERS. AND ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SCAM REPORT FROM THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, SCAMMERS ...
SACO, Maine — Police arrested a Texas man Friday in connection with an organized technology support scam that targeted a Saco ...