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 ...
Tech support scams cost victims billions each year and often target the most vulnerable users. Scammers use fear and urgency to trick people into giving access to their devices or financial ...
Cameron Nakashima joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss what are technical support scams, why older adults are often targeted, what to do immediately in response to a scary pop up, ...
Google has warned millions of Gmail users about a common scam impersonating the email service’s technical support team. If ...
Scams that target elderly people are far more common than you might expect. Thousands of seniors fall victim to financial fraud, government impersonation, romance scams, and tech support scams each ...
Michael Cotter had a problem: “Chargebacks” at his tech support company were too high. The reason for this was not hard to find; people at his company, Tech Live Connect, were scamming Cotter’s fellow ...
Cybercriminals are flooding inboxes with fake McAfee renewal notices that claim users owe hundreds of dollars for antivirus subscriptions they never purchased. The scam relies on fear and urgency, ...
From fake delivery texts to dangerous QR codes, scammers are constantly finding new ways to catch us out online ...