After identifying a live scam, control of the scammer’s computer is established and maintained. With no way to safely restart ...

“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 ...

After hacking a scammer’s computer, the system suddenly went offline and disappeared. Ten days later, it came back online ...

ROCHE HAS MORE. SO WHEN THE FBI IS ISSUING A WARNING ABOUT A SCAM, THEN YOU KNOW IT’S GOT TO BE SERIOUS. WE OFTEN REFER TO THIS ONE AS THE COMPUTER SCAM, BUT THE FBI IS CALLING IT THE PHANTOM HACKER ...

(WJAR) — Tech support scams are impacting older Americans at a staggering rate. According to the Federal Trade Commission, tech support scams target people 60 and older about five times more often ...

If the scammer loaded software that can read your computer’s innards, your bank account and other vital information may become easy pickings. Scammers sometimes call again and try to arrange other ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A new twist on a computer scam as a senior citizen who has been targeted twice turned the tables on the scammer. Instead of almost losing thousands of dollars, she helped ...

BEREA, Ohio -- A West Street resident lost $89,800 through a computer and telephone scam. The resident told police he was operating his computer Nov. 15 when the screen turned black. A message on the ...

WESTLAKE, Ohio (WJW) — Police in Westlake said a computer scam artist was so convincing in the story he pitched to an elderly victim that she put thousands of dollars into a Cryptocurrency ATM, even ...

BARNEGAT— A Barnegat resident was saved from a devastating financial loss this week, thanks to the swift, after-hours work of the Barnegat Police Department and its federal and corporate partners. The ...

SANFORD, N.C. (WTVD) -- A man was arrested Thursday in connection to computer scam targeting an elder victim. Avinash Chandreshbhai Patel,19, of Apex, is facing charges of attempted obtaining property ...

Mayor Gary McCarthy announced the sale of a long-vacant church at 535 Schenectady St. and an adjacent lot to Casale Investing LLC.According to the city, the co Columbia County family gives dog with ...