Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do scammers ask victims to buy gift cards? What are some of the biggest ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Kansas City police are warning residents of a scam that begins as a computer pop-up. The scam has cost one resident over $1 million. The scam starts out as a pop-up on a ...

Jan. 15—SELINSGROVE — State police are warning of a financial scam following a report that an individual was defrauded of $50,000. Police said the unidentified female victim reported to state police ...

An Athens woman and her mother recently lost more than $150,000 in a scam that originated from a fake Microsoft message that appeared as a pop-up on a computer. Athens-Clarke police met with the ...

BRAND NEW WORKWEEK. JADE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. BROOKE. AUTHORITIES ON THE TREASURE COAST ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE ELDERLY BEING TARGETED BY SCAMS. SOME CASES INVOLVING THE LOSS OF THOUSANDS AND ...

ROCHE HAS MORE. SO WHEN THE FBI IS ISSUING A WARNING ABOUT A SCAM, THEN YOU KNOW IT’S GOT TO BE SERIOUS. WE OFTEN REFER TO THIS ONE AS THE COMPUTER SCAM, BUT THE FBI IS CALLING IT THE PHANTOM HACKER ...

If the scammer loaded software that can read your computer’s innards, your bank account and other vital information may become easy pickings. Scammers sometimes call again and try to arrange other ...

BROOKLINE, MA — Police are warning residents about a recent computer scam where the scammer claims to have screenshots of the target viewing adult websites and threatens to make those activities ...

YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE SO YOU DON’T FALL FOR IT. FOLKS HAVE REPEATEDLY TOLD YOU ABOUT THESE POP UP MESSAGES ON YOUR COMPUTER, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL FALLING FOR THIS SCAM AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY ONCE ...

WILLMAR - Local law enforcement warns of a phone scam sweeping the area in which the caller claims to be from Microsoft and asks for access to computer files and money to repair a virus. A number of ...