It might have a legit looking phone number, but that Windows Defender alert might be fake. Here's what to look out for.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office released a list of the top 10 most common scams to watch out for as we approach the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police in Elizabethtown issued a scam alert to help residents protect their money. The Elizabethtown Police Department said in one case, a local man got a virus pop-up on his ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) is searching for two suspects involved in a computer scam. Not only did they infiltrate a man’s computer and steal his money, they also went to ...

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn woman was scammed out of $100,000 in an elaborate scheme involving a frozen computer, an in-person meeting and a secret code word. As police search for the alleged scammer, the ...

Windows Defender Security Center scam: How to protect your computer from fake pop-ups Tech expert Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson says a tech support scam used a fake Windows Defender pop-up, tricking the ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — John Klingel says getting scammed out of $38,000 is a bitter pill to swallow. Even worse, it happened right before his eyes. "It is a screen that they created. I wasn't even ...

'These people are real slick': Kansas man, 87, says scammers stole $30,000 after a fake computer alert, nearly wiped out his retirement fund — and sent him on a 3-week-long goose chase A Lakin, Kansas ...

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