…the same time there were already 22,100 scams found. Scams Are Repeated Each Year Many of the same scams are repeated each year, often driven by financial life moments such…

…Americans to their Social Security accounts. Now it turns out that seniors are falling victim to a “phishing” scheme: Scammers are sending emails purporting to be from the Social Security…

…think an email was sent by scammers, forward it to spam@uce.gov. Click here to read the Better Business Bureau’s post-hack anti-scammer tips for Target non customers and customers Click here…

…Buffalo. “Scammers are very good at developing new tactics in order to engage with specific types of individuals.” The Evolution of a Scam Scammers are also experts at developing sophisticated…

…example, your credit card number—and use it as evidence to show that you approved any number of products and services that the scammers are ordering in your name. The scam…

Got the vaccine? You’re still not safe…from Covid Scams. According to several reports, criminals and scammers are using scam robocalls, texts and emails to cash in on COVID-19 and playing…

…special deals, especially during sales season. But watch out: Not all store and product apps are what they say they are. The Federal Trade Commission recently issued an alert about…

…your system. That’s the start of a phone call that could end up costing you. The FCC is reporting that an old “Microsoft” tech support scam going back to 2011…

…scammers try to trick you by threatening your Social Security benefits…   The FTC has more info (link here) on scams that fake tax returns made in your name and…

…your bank statement. We’ve started hearing about phone scams like this, which combine two scammer tricks: spear phishing and caller ID spoofing. In a phishing attempt, scammers may make it…

Even more so at holiday time, seniors are a tech scammers’ ideal target. Here’s information on three sneaky scams designed to gain remote control of your computers. Be alert to…

Scammers never sleep. They used to make telephone calls and/or send faux computer messages. As people caught on and stopped responding, scammers found a new approach: texting. So-called “smishing” (the…

Las Vegas public television reported earlier this week that a local Facebook user had almost fallen for a Facebook sweepstakes scam. The scammer had hacked into the woman’s friend’s account…

…to ‘buy supplies.” Congratulations. It’s a scam. Fake checks drive many types of scams – like those involving phony prize wins, fake jobs, mystery shoppers, online classified ad sales, and…

…military, you’ll still have access to active duty alerts, which let you place a fraud alert for one year, renewable for the time you’re deployed. The active duty alert also…