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: ...

I love my 78-year-old mother and do whatever I can to help. But when she has computer trouble, she spins into a frustrated tech spiral, starts lashing out, and I want nothing to do with her. The ...

The holidays are here, which means lots of quality time with loved ones. If you're the resident tech whiz in your family, however, it also means getting bombarded with requests for support. Your ...

Engadget readers like yourself are probably more tech savvy than the average person. That means you may get roped into helping older family members with email woes, new phone setups, or deciphering if ...

Tech support scams have risen significantly in recent years. According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, consumers and businesses lost almost a billion dollars ($924,512,658) to tech support ...

The leader of a tech support fraud scheme was sentenced to seven years in prison after tricking at least 6,500 victims and generating more than $6 million. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, ...

(TNS) — Pennsylvania State Police are alerting the public of scams involving individuals claiming to be from computer tech support. Individuals are receiving an increased number of these types of scam ...

Fake tech support scams have emerged after the CrowdStrike outage disrupted systems worldwide. The outage was caused by a defective software update from CrowdStrike, not a cyberattack. CrowdStrike ...