When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. More and more folks are getting hit by tech support scams, and in fact a staggering two-thirds of ...

Tech support scams might be something that you've all heard of before, but that doesn't make them any less dangerous. The FBI recently issued a public service announcement, warning people to be on the ...

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Summer Stephan San Diego County District Attorney In this week's DA News. I wanted to let you know that in the area of scams and fraud, it continues to evolve and there's new tricks and deception that ...

Tech support scammers are often based in foreign countries, making it harder to stop them. But thanks to a tip from Microsoft and Amazon, officials in India shut down two tech support operations in ...

Google is adding a dose of AI to the Chrome browser to protect users from tech support scams. In a blog post, Google says a new version of Chrome arriving for desktops this month will tap “on-device” ...

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 ...

Ruthless scammers have stolen $250,000 from a retired Australian couple after they accessed their home computer and helped themselves to their bank accounts. Joan and Edward Adams, in their 80s, said ...

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“Tech support” scammers are getting more audacious, and are now even sending couriers to victims’ houses to pick up the cash and various precious metals, the FBI has warned. In its alert, the FBI says ...

A recent survey of 1,000 Brits has uncovered a worrying trend among the elderly, with 41% of respondents who have an older loved one believing they could be duped by scammers. A full 81% have elder ...

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 ...