Holiday visits offer the perfect opportunity to help older parents with technology updates, scam protection, and basic ...

The current phone scam employs similar tricks to that of a fake antivirus software scam, also known as scareware, circulating the Internet. Microsoft said that the live phone version of the scam ...

The bogus tech support boiler rooms must be working overtime lately. I’ve recently been inundated with horror stories from readers who reported being harassed by unsolicited phone calls from people ...

Regulators from five countries joined together in an operation to crack down on a series of companies orchestrating one of the most widespread Internet scams of the decade. The U.S. Federal Trade ...

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Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Tech support scammers are modern-day con artists, preying on our deepest technological fears and vulnerabilities. Tammy of Flagler Beach, Florida, recently reached out to us with a concerning email: ...

Tony Biria was thrilled to receive a Palm m505 computer as a gift last year. That handheld has turned out to be quite a handful. The gadget worked great for three weeks. Then it refused to synchronize ...

Fraudsters use trick called "spoofing" to appear as real teach support. Beware of spoofing scams from fraudsters pretending to represent companies like Verizon. Eric Thayer/Getty Images Feb. 28, 2014& ...

More than 30 months after surfacing, a tech-support scam targeting Dell computer owners continues to raise questions about how the callers know sensitive information, including PC serial numbers and ...

The bogus tech support boiler rooms must be working overtime lately. I’ve recently been inundated with horror stories from readers who reported being harassed by unsolicited phone calls from people ...