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 ...

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 ...

Scammers got into her computer after a pop-up convinced her there was an issue with it. She’s not alone. The FBI logged $2.13 billion in tech-support scam losses last year.

Scammers thought they'd covered their tracks after one of their money mules was arrested. Days later, investigators discover ...

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 ...

If you stay on the internet long enough, you are bound to come across browser pop-ups. While many of them are just annoying, ranging from advertisements and paywall restrictions to requests to disable ...

A Rockdale County woman is issuing a public warning after losing over $17,000 to scammers who used a fake computer pop-up message to trick her into draining her accounts.

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - There’s a new scam exploiting a common security tool online. Scammers are using fake CAPTCHA prompts to try and download malware on your computer. When browsing online, you’ve ...

Two elderly people on the Islands lost more than $100,000 combined in a computer scam over the past week, according to ...