This past week, many agencies celebrated "Safer Internet Day" by sharing tips to help us all be mindful of the importance of staying alert to potential safety and fraud issues online. One area that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. A fake computer alert can be the first move in a scam that ends with someone moving their own ...

Xenia FISH Pantry celebrates county’s gift of building, and how it will help I’ve written about this countless times over the years, but the scammers don’t stop, so I won’t stop bringing it up. In my ...

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Tech support scams cost victims billions each year and often target the most vulnerable users. Scammers use fear and urgency to trick people into giving access to their devices or financial ...

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 ...

Seniors tend to own their homes and have strong credit and ample savings, according to the FBI — all factors that make scams targeting seniors increasingly common. They're also less likely to report ...

Clallam County reports four instances just this week ...

While financial scams have always been around, the variety of schemes that scammers employ to steal money are easily proliferated these days with the internet, social media, AI and crypto. Frauds and ...