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 ...

If you receive an unsolicited call (also known as a cold call) or see a “pop-up” on your computer monitor offering tech support: >> Check with the BBB at bbb.org to make sure that the company is ...

According to the hacker, the alleged scam followed a typical pattern: a fake pop-up warning would freeze a victim’s screen, play loud alarm sounds, and prompt them to call a bogus helpline number. (X/ ...

BENGALURU: The Special Cell of the Cyber Command, along with the Cyber Crime Police Station (CCPS), Whitefield Division, has busted a fraudulent software firm that allegedly cheated US citizens by ...

The "Phantom Hacker" scam involves a coordinated team of fraudsters posing as tech support, financial institutions, and U.S. government agencies to convince victims their devices and money are at risk ...

The Phantom Hacker Scam has stolen over $1 billion since 2024, preying mostly on seniors’ retirement savings. Scammers use a three-step playbook — fake tech support, phony bank checks, and government ...

The Chandigarh Zonal Office-I of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted midnight searches across multiple locations in the tricity, busting illegal call centres that were duping foreign customers ...

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 ...

We spoke to security experts about the cons we can't help falling foul of - the fifth seems so obvious but we reveal exactly how to spot it WE all like to think that we’d beat the scammers if they ...

WE all like to think that we’d beat the scammers if they came knocking – but are you really that savvy? After all, the latest Global Anti-Scam Alliance report warns that people in the UK lost ...