"These scams exploit both fear and trust." ...

Michael Cotter had a problem: “Chargebacks” at his tech support company were too high. The reason for this was not hard to find; people at his company, Tech Live Connect, were scamming Cotter’s fellow ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- Scam reports are soaring. According to new FBI data, Americans filed more than a million complaints about cybercrimes in 2025 and reported losing almost $21 billion. Today, our ...

PROVIDENCE, RI – A federal investigation into India-based tech-support fraud operations has resulted in convictions of multiple fraud operators and guilty pleas from two former U.S. telecom executives ...

Two former executives of a call-tracking and analytics company pleaded guilty to concealing a years-long tech support fraud scheme that victimized individuals worldwide. Former CEO Adam Young (from ...

AI has made online scams harder to spot by making deepfakes, voice cloning, and fake messages more realistic. Even so, the old tech support scam is still catching victims. For years, fraudsters often ...

What just happened? A recent run of scams in Washington state shows how quickly people can lose money when fraudsters pose as trusted tech or government figures and exploit fear. Over three days, four ...