The scammer told the victim her bank account had been hacked by a "Russian gaming or pornography group," according to police.

An 89-year-old woman lost $21,000 after falling victim to a computer scam. The woman called police on Feb. 3, 2026 to report she had been scammed earlier in the day. The woman told officers that while ...

There are reports that a legitimate Microsoft email address—which Microsoft explicitly says customers should add to their ...

Scammers are sending phishing emails from a genuine Microsoft address. Here's why this scam is so effective and how you ...

She called a number and talked to a man who said he was from a Microsoft company called MicraTech. She gave him remote access to her computer, and he said her computer had a virus, fixable for $200 ...

“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 ...