CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 I-Team is investigating a scam that is costing consumers millions of dollars. It's called "the phantom hacker." The FBI said the scam is growing in popularity ...

BEIJING - China will make every effort to rescue Chinese nationals who have fallen for scam operations that lure them to countries including Myanmar, said the Public Security Ministry late on Jan 15.

Known as a "smishing" scam, the messages appear to come from official tolling agencies, directing recipients to settle unpaid tolls and urging drivers to avoid late fees by paying quickly.

We are all vulnerable to the rapid spread of phone scams – including, it seems, world leaders. Thailand’s prime minister has revealed she got a call from an AI system, demanding money in the ...

Crypto scammers have made a serious pivot to Telegram malware scams, which have now surpassed traditional phishing in volume — increasing 2,000% since November. In a Jan. 15 X post, the security ...

Singer Spyro has accused popular music executive Ubi Franklin of scamming him $5,000. In an interview on the Echoroom podcast, the musician said he was deceived by Franklin into performing at a ...

While third-party app stores can offer legitimate apps, they also pose significant security risks.” How do APK scams work? In order to obtain access to the victim's phone, the hacker must devise a ...

Drivers have been experiencing an uptick in reports of scams targeting those who pass through Massachusetts' highway toll system. The E-Z Pass texts pretend to be from the toll system in an effort ...

A total of 6,157,517 text short message service (SMS) scams were reported in the Philippines in 2024, according to caller identification service provider Whoscall on Wednesday. Mel Migriño, the ...

Once she realised it was all a scam, the mum-of-five managed to track down the ‘money mule’ involved — someone the scammers had recruited locally to operate an Australian bank account and ...

Over the past few years on PCMag's security team, I've talked to a lot of experts about scams, the people who commit these crimes, and the victims affected by scammers' lies and theft. Here's the ...