“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 ...

In my computer service business, we regularly get calls from users that have been scammed. Some have let a remote scammer onto their computer and get their data/passwords stolen, while some get taken ...

TRICKS THEY ARE USING TO GET YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. YOU TURN ON YOUR LAPTOP OR YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE A VERY FRIGHTENING MESSAGE. SOMETIMES WITH A BLARING AUDIBLE ...

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 ...

Meta-owned platforms WhatsApp and Messenger are rolling out new in-app warnings designed to protect older users from online scams. Announced on October 21, 2025, these features aim to alert seniors to ...

About five years ago, Steve Conley’s mother almost got scammed. A scammer claiming to be her grandson said he was in jail in Florida. She needed to send $5,000 in bail money, and right away, he said.