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There's a surge in tech support scams. We want you to know the signs, even if you don't understand the technology.
SHREVEPORT, La. - We often picture older adults as the primary victims of scams. While they do lose significant amounts of money, the data reveals a surprising truth: younger people fall for scams at ...
Ever received an unexpected alert by text or email claiming there is a problem with your computer that the sender needs your help to fix? That could very well have been a tech support scam. The ...
A local man thought there was a problem with his computer, then when he tried tech support, he ended up falling for an ...
Consumer Investigator Justin Gray with our sister station WSB-TV talked to a man who said his Vanguard accounts were emptied. The victim asked for his identity to be hidden, because he has not even ...
(TNS) — Pennsylvania State Police are alerting the public of scams involving individuals claiming to be from computer tech support. Individuals are receiving an increased number of these types of scam ...
CHICAGO – For consumers who turn over control of their computers to remote technicians online, the fix may already be in. A growing number of remote tech support scams are popping up, in which users ...
(WJAR) — Tech support scams are impacting older Americans at a staggering rate. According to the Federal Trade Commission, tech support scams target people 60 and older about five times more often ...
A resurgence of the "Mystery Shopper" scam involves receiving a check and purchasing money cards. Victims are instructed to send pictures of the money cards to the scammer, who then steals the funds.
A local credit union reports a surge in sophisticated tech scams targeting Arizona banking customers, with some victims losing hundreds of thousands of dollars to fraudsters. OneAZ Credit Union ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Scammers target anyone and everyone and they know which scams work for different demographics and all different ages. If someone begins describing a typical scam ...
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