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 ...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has temporarily shut down two massive telemarketing operations that allegedly conned tens of thousands of consumers out of more than ...

Teresa Rogg stood by the kitchen counter in her Quincy home last summer with a phone pressed to her ear, wrapping stacks of $100 bills in tin foil. She then sealed the money in a box, walked out to ...

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 ...

The "Phantom Hacker" scam involves a coordinated team of fraudsters posing as tech support, financial institutions, and U.S. government agencies to convince victims their devices and money are at risk ...

Microsoft has worked with law enforcement in India and Japan to take down a scam network that has been targeting the elderly in Japan. Pop-up scams pretending to be Microsoft Working with India’s ...