“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 ...

Scammers are sending fake court text messages with QR codes to U.S. drivers, demanding payment for traffic violations that ...

Google is going to court to help put an end to, or at least limit, the prevalence of phishing scams over text message. Scam texts have been a nuisance for a long time, but they've become increasingly ...

CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE HAS THE ANSWER. A VIEWER NAMED CHARLES JUST SENT ME THIS TEXT MESSAGE THROUGH EMAIL. HE POINTED OUT THERE WERE NO MISSPELLINGS, AND SOME OF THE OTHER TELLTALE SIGNS ...

TRICKS THEY ARE USING TO GET YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. YOU TURN ON YOUR LAPTOP OR YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE A VERY FRIGHTENING MESSAGE. SOMETIMES WITH A BLARING AUDIBLE ...

Scammers aren’t a popular bunch, and you likely have a long list of grievances you’d love to hurl in their direction if you ever met one face to face. That said, “you never call anymore” isn’t one of ...

Scams, ransomware, and social engineering attacks are big business. The FTC says that scams cost consumers more than $158.3 billion in 2023. Worse yet, over half of all adults (nearly 60%) worldwide ...

Scoring a great deal this holiday season is exciting. Unfortunately, con artists are using that same feeling of excitement to lure shoppers into scams. This con uses text messages and fake customer ...

From deepfake calls to phishing emails, AI-generated scams are on the rise. Learn the most common tactics and how to protect yourself.