Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nachiket Banwari, a Charlotte resident, was sentenced to serve more than two years in prison for participating in a tech scheme.

The Portage County Sheriff's Office is warning of two separate reports it has received of a "Microsoft virus" scam targeting seniors. In this scheme, victims are falsely informed that their computers ...

In my computer service business, we regularly get calls from users that have been scammed. Some have let a remote scammer onto their computer and get their data/passwords stolen, while some get taken ...

WASHINGTON — A computer crash and a pop up message led to a D.C. woman losing out on more than $640,000 through gold coins and wire transfers, the Metropolitan Police Department said on Wednesday. A ...

“Message scam losses are on the rise,” is the headline in a recent edition of the AARP Bulletin. To be sure, in every single AARP publication as well as in Consumer Reports and other magazines, there ...

VENTURA, Calif. – Two Los Angeles men were arrested Friday when they arrived at a Ventura home to pick up money from a victim in connection to a computer-based scam On Feb. 13, around 2:40 p.m., the ...

Scam alert: Did a virus warning pop up after your computer locked up, telling you to call tech support? Don't fall for it. By Steve Jordon / Omaha World-Herald Dec 11, 2017 Dec 11, 2017 0 1 of 3 ...

Fake virus alerts prey on your fear and urgency—but spotting them doesn’t have to be tricky. Thankfully, some straightforward methods make recognizing fake warnings simple, helping you stay calm and ...

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 ...