Phyllis Weisberg, 90, never thought she’d fall for a scam. Though widowed and living alone, she maintained robust social connections and confidently used her mobile phone and laptop computer to ...

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Microsoft released its 2021 Global Tech Support Scam Research report, which shows that 65 percent of Canadian adults were exposed to a tech support scam. These types of scams involve fraudsters faking ...

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 Victoria-area e-commerce company and its chief executive officer have agreed to pay $6.75 million to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to settle charges claiming the firm laundered credit card ...

According to the hacker, the alleged scam followed a typical pattern: a fake pop-up warning would freeze a victim’s screen, play loud alarm sounds, and prompt them to call a bogus helpline number. (X/ ...

SCAMMERS OFTEN TARGET OLDER CONSUMERS. AND ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SCAM REPORT FROM THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, SCAMMERS ARE GETTING TO THEIR TARGETS MORE OFTEN. EIGHT ON YOUR SIDE CONSUMER ...