GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - You may get a pop-up that looks like a security warning, telling you that there’s a major issue with your computer. However, you shouldn’t follow the directions on the screen.

Microsoft support scams are probably the oldest type of online scam, and they remain just as dangerous as they were a decade ago, perhaps even more so now with scammers having access to better ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A message pops up on your computer: “Your computer has been locked up.” “A scare tactic on this fake pop-up that looks like a virus,” says Nathan Drager, president of Quantum ...

Tech support scammers are modern-day con artists, preying on our deepest technological fears and vulnerabilities. Tammy of Flagler Beach, Florida, recently reached out to us with a concerning email: ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. — Computers have become an essential part of this tech-driven world. They can be our best friends or our worst enemies. So much information and data is stored within them that ...

Prince George’s County police say criminals posing as tech support workers are scamming people out of thousands of dollars. Prince George’s County police received 22 reports of tech support scams so ...

When it comes to consumer scams, rip-off ploys have their seasons – and both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) say that the U.S. could be entering a high ...

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — Police in Prince George's County are warning residents about people offering fraudulent tech support around the county. In one case in particular, the victim was sent ...

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A man is now a person of interest in Prince George's County for his alleged connection to a scam involving fake tech support and fake letters from the Social ...

Internet scams are a booming business. According to the most current crime report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2023, the United States saw the highest number of complaints—nearly 3.8 ...

A metro Atlanta senior citizen says his Vanguard retirement and investment accounts were drained by a crook posing as a federal agent. The scammer was pretending to help the victim recover money ...