The U.S. Attorney’s Office has recovered and returned approximately $328,573 to a victim of a computer support scam in Connecticut, federal officials said. “A computer support scam is a type of fraud ...

Wilkes-Barre, PA – What began as a warning message on a laptop screen quickly spiraled into a costly deception after a 72-year-old woman was convinced her identity had been stolen and her bank account ...

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 ...

In an email we received from Janet D., she shared her recent unsettling experience. Here’s what she described: "I received a pop-up that froze my computer and read, ‘Access to this system is blocked ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Roughly $500,000 was recovered for the victim of a computer support scam, thanks in part to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which announced the resolution on Friday. According to ...

A local man thought there was a problem with his computer, then when he tried tech support, he ended up falling for an elaborate scheme that cost him big time. Tech support scams have sadly become so ...

PHOENIX — The FBI is warning Arizona residents of a scam involving criminals claiming to provide technical support in an effort to gain access to personal computers and other devices. Martin Hellmer, ...

Consumer Investigator Justin Gray with our sister station WSB-TV talked to a man who said his Vanguard accounts were emptied. The victim asked for his identity to be hidden, because he has not even ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A Consumer First Alert: There’s a surge in tech support scams we want people to recognize. Scammers are targeting computer users with fake pop-up messages designed to scare ...

Internet scams are a booming business. According to the most current crime report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2023, the United States saw the highest number of complaints—nearly 3.8 ...

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