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 ...

The update screen is a normal occurrence on Windows machines, so of course hackers are now manipulating it to sneak malware onto devices. The scheme, a recent iteration of a ClickFix attack, is ...

The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office is cautioning people not to fall for online pop-up scams that can cause their computers to be infected with viruses or even locked. According to MDSO's Cyber Crime ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The DeWitt Township Police Department is warning residents after a local victim lost thousands of dollars in a gold-purchase scam. The scheme was initiated by a fraudulent ...

A woman from St. Mary's First Nation in Fredericton is speaking out after she was targeted by an online pop-up scam. Sheila Brooks said she was using the internet on her laptop at home on May 4, when ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The FBI is warning of an elaborate, multi-step scam known as a phantom hacker scam that has cost victims more than one billion dollars since last year. Earlier this year, ...

A retired Kingfisher teacher narrowly avoided losing nearly $30,000 after falling victim to a cyber scam before Thanksgiving, prompting bank officials to warn Oklahomans to be wary of pop-up scams and ...

NORTH MANKATO — More than $25,000 was recovered for a victim of a mail scam as the result of a recent Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force investigation involving a suspicious package sent to a ...

A Moran Avenue resident was nearly scammed out of $36,500 after she received a pop-up message on her computer that claimed it was compromised, according to the Princeton Police Department. The victim, ...

A resident from Hingham, Massachusetts fell victim to an online scammer claiming to be from Microsoft on Tuesday.According to Hingham police, the resident lost $21,000 in the scheme.Investigators said ...