Most people are probably aware of the fraud term phishing. When phishing emails are sent, they’re meant to lure users to surrender personal information by purporting to be from the government, a bank, ...

Waiting for online shopping purchases to arrive? Stay vigilant against scammers pretending to be the U.S. Postal Service.

Each day about 20 billion text messages are sent to two billion smartphone users worldwide. Most of these texts are opened within three minutes, and many within a few seconds. The massive number of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Scammers are continuously ...

I have a special affinity toward cybersecurity, probably because I've witnessed it grow from not even being a word, much less a concept to indoctrinating itself into society on a second by second ...

Have you ever received a text message from a random number alerting you that you’ve won a prize, gift card or “special government benefits?” Or how about those alarming texts that alert you to ...

Tax season has become open hunting ground for cybercriminals, and the targets are not just accountants and big firms but ...

Remember the good old days when you only received a text from a friend or family member? Well, sadly, those days are gone. Now it seems like every week, I get mysterious texts that come out of nowhere ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Better Business Bureau has issued an alert for a new type of scam where scammers pose as your boss in texts. It's known as a "smishing" scam. The word "smishing" comes from SMS ...

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The holiday season is the time of giving, but unfortunately, some believe it is the time of stealing. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is reminding customers the importance of avoiding trending ...

THESE days it seems like we can't do anything without the risk of getting targeted by scammers or fraudsters. Whether it be at the cash-point, on our email account or shopping online - our private ...