At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has temporarily shut down two massive telemarketing operations that allegedly conned tens of thousands of consumers out of more than ...

Tech-support scams cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Seniors are particular targets of the crooks, sometimes losing their life savings. The scam often starts with a call, email, ...

A U.S. federal court has shut down what the Federal Trade Commission says was a fake tech-support firm that posed as Facebook and Microsoft and tricked consumers into paying up to $600 for bogus ...

Tech support scams cost victims billions each year and often target the most vulnerable users. Scammers use fear and urgency ...

The 'scam economy' keeps growing, as fraudsters steal money through wire transfers, gift cards, payment apps and ...

Older Americans continued to lose billions of dollars to fraud in 2024, with scams increasingly exploiting trust, urgency and new technologies. The Federal Trade Commission said impostor scams, ...

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 ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A Consumer First Alert: There’s a surge in tech support scams we want people to recognize. Scammers are targeting computer users with fake pop-up messages designed to scare ...

The Federal Trade Commission announced a worldwide crackdown on firms running bogus technical support scams that targeted victims in the U.S. and five other countries. "These scam artists we're ...

Common Senior Scams in the US Scams that target elderly people are far more common than you might expect. Thousands of ...