Fake CAPTCHA scams trick users into opening command windows and pasting malicious scripts, installing StealC malware that steals passwords silently.

A computer scam that uses malware to freeze your screen and then demands a $100 ransom to unlock it has prompted Vancouver police to issue a warning. "The scam is a variation of an online extortion ...

“Message scam losses are on the rise,” is the headline in a recent edition of the AARP Bulletin. To be sure, in every single AARP publication as well as in Consumer Reports and other magazines, there ...

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 ...