Two men from San Diego and Chula Vista have pleaded guilty to running a fraudulent scheme that pocketed millions of dollars in donations intended for charity at events held at Petco Park and ...

From AI-generated calls to phishing texts, scammers are working overtime this tax season. These practical strategies will help you avoid fraud and keep your refund safe.

Many cybercrime victims are retargeted by online scammers posing as lawyers or other professionals who promise they can ...

A “Geek Squad” scammer sends a fake email bait, tries to get remote access, and starts steering the victim into a refund scam pipeline. But the bait flips: the investigators gain access back and begin ...

A scammer thought he could talk reckless and keep running the same old scripts—until the “victim” had a button that could shut his computer down remotely. The crew links the glowing kill-switch to a ...

OUTSIDE DOWNTOWN OMAHA. WITH TAX SEASON OFFICIALLY HERE, IT’S IMPORTANT TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SCAMS. AND WITH ME HERE TODAY IS AARP NEBRASKA STATE DIRECTOR TODD STUBBENDIECK TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Apple Pay is clearly a hit with consumers. According to estimates, it had hundreds of millions of global users and processed trillions of payments in 2025 alone. But where there is money to be made, ...

Crypto sleuth ZachXBT has alleged that a "Canadian threat actor" stole over $2 million in cryptocurrency through social engineering scams that impersonate Coinbase support. This case highlights a ...

Suspicion, Lorraine Drive: On Nov. 29, a resident who had her identity stolen called police from what she believed to be the Lorraine Drive home of the scammer. The caller told dispatch the address ...

I don’t want to admit it, but I did spend a lot of money online this holiday shopping season. And unsurprisingly, some of those purchases didn’t meet my expectations. A photobook I bought was damaged ...

Millions of Facebook users filed claims in a recent privacy settlement after the platform was accused of mishandling user data. The approved payouts have been rolling out, which means people are ...