Tech support scammers are modern-day con artists, preying on our deepest technological fears and vulnerabilities. Tammy of Flagler Beach, Florida, recently reached out to us with a concerning email: ...

Scammers—some working out of fraudulent call center across the globe—pose as representatives from legitimate companies, such as financial institutions, utility companies, or cryptocurrency exchanges.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pennsylvania State Police are alerting the public of scams involving individuals claiming to be from computer tech support.

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 ...

Regulations protecting people from telemarketing scams now cover tech support scams, which have cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years. In a 4-1 vote, the Federal Trade ...

I love my 78-year-old mother and do whatever I can to help. But when she has computer trouble, she spins into a frustrated tech spiral, starts lashing out, and I want nothing to do with her. The ...

If you stay on the internet long enough, you are bound to come across browser pop-ups. While many of them are just annoying, ranging from advertisements and paywall restrictions to requests to disable ...

Worried man looking shocked and stressed, holding head in hands while seeing a system hacked warning message displayed on a computer screen, representing a data breach, cyber attack, or security risk.

The sudden shutdown of a computer tech support call center has left some of its employees wondering if they will be paid. EZ Tech Support, based in Portland, Oregon, took calls from people who had ...