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 ...

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 ...

The FTC's 2024–2025 report on protecting older consumers shows total fraud losses among adults 60 and older have quadrupled ...

Better Business Bureau president and CEO Randy Hutchinson gives consumers tips on how to avoid scams and protect assets.

Tech support scams are also on the rise, especially among older Americans. These scams often start with a pop-up warning about a “virus” or “security breach,” followed by a phone number to call for ...

PHOENIX — Two citizens of India were recently indicted in connection with a tech support scam that targeted elderly Arizona victims, authorities announced Monday. Ahmed Maqbul Syed, 57, and Rupesh ...

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 ...

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 ...

PHOENIX — The FBI is warning Arizona residents of a scam involving criminals claiming to provide technical support in an effort to gain access to personal computers and other devices. Martin Hellmer, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. You have been warned. This threat is now surging and has more than ...

Consumer Investigator Justin Gray with our sister station WSB-TV talked to a man who said his Vanguard accounts were emptied. The victim asked for his identity to be hidden, because he has not even ...