Scammers are taking advantage of the winter storm repairs to steal people's information and impersonate authorities or ...

Scams are nothing new. Fraud has existed as long as human greed. What has changed are the tools. Scammers thrive on exploiting vulnerable, uninformed users, and they adapt to whatever technologies or ...

A retired lawyer thought he was calling Microsoft for tech support. But the phone number he found on Google didn’t connect him with Microsoft. Instead, the person who picked up the phone, "Alex," and ...

What Happened in the Alleged Coinbase Support Scam? An individual posing as a Coinbase help desk worker allegedly stole more than $2 million in cryptocurrency from users over the past year, according ...

Tech-support scams cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Seniors are particular targets of the crooks, sometimes losing their life savings. The scam often starts with a call, email, ...

Nicole Charky-Chami is a senior editor based in Los Angeles, writing and producing breaking news. She teaches journalism courses for UCLA Extension and previously taught at Loyola Marymount University ...

The holiday season is supposed to be about rest, family and celebration. Unfortunately, it is also one of the busiest times of the year for cybercriminals. Scammers take advantage of increased online ...

Scammers are back to their old antics, this time with a Christmas theme, just as the festive season is about to begin. Consumer protection agency Which? has warned that a Cadbury Christmas giveaway ...

A new phishing scam is getting a lot of attention because it uses real Apple Support tickets to trick people into giving up their accounts. Broadcom's Eric Moret shared how he nearly lost his entire ...

Amazon isn’t waiting for holiday chaos to kick in. The company recently sent a rare global warning to hundreds of millions of customers, urging them to be on high alert for a rising wave of ...

The Pitt Panthers' 42-28 win over No. 16 Georgia Tech nearly wasn't a win due to a poor coaching decision by Pat Narduzzi. Georgia Tech scored a touchdown to make it a 35-21 with 8:34 remaining in the ...

When something goes wrong with your bank account or delivery, your first instinct might be to type the company name into Google and call the first customer service number you see. But that simple ...