This authentic-looking scam starts with a sponsored Google link - and it's catching people off-guard.

The most dangerous online scams aimed at older adults rarely begin with an obviously ridiculous message. They often start with something familiar: a warning about a bank account, a computer problem, a ...

These scams, in turn, further evolved through the development of increased technology to the Business Email Compromise (BEC) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. A fake computer alert can be the first move in a scam that ends with someone moving their own ...

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 ...

A Rockdale County woman is issuing a public warning after losing over $17,000 to scammers who used a fake computer pop-up message to trick her into draining her accounts.

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

If you own an Apple computer, you need to be aware of an increasingly common scam going around that could allow a bad actor to gain control of your Mac. It’s known as the “copy-paste” scam, and it has ...

A fake party invitation can trick recipients into downloading software that gives criminals remote access to a Windows computer. You sit down at your computer to clear out your inbox. Then you spot a ...

Dean Fioresi is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. He covers breaking news throughout Southern California. When he's not writing about local events, he enjoys focusing on sports and entertainment. A ...

The instructions were clear: He had four days to make each victim fall in love. And there were a lot of victims. Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, ...

AROUND 200 Chinese were found during simultaneous raids on suspected scam operations in two towns of Zamboanga Sibugay early ...