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 ...

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 ...

A retired lawyer lost the money in a tech support scam, a type of online fraud that is surging. Citibank said it couldn’t recover the funds, which criminals wired from inside his account. David Welles ...

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 ...

A Cumberland County deputy responded to Androscoggin Savings Bank in Gray on Friday after reports of a fraud involving an elderly couple who were targeted in a computer scam. According to the ...

An elderly couple who fell victim to a computer scam was able to recover their money after an investigation by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. On Friday, a deputy was called to the ...