A new Gmail phishing scam impersonates Google IT support to gain account access. The scam involves fake password recovery emails and requests for security codes. Google advises against clicking links ...

A lesson tonight about scammers pretending to be security for a company or a bank. Who better to teach us than two victims ...

The most successful digital scam is one that is tied to convenience. QR codes, which are used for everything from sharing contacts to making payments, are an ideal vector. In India, which runs the ...

Update, Feb. 26, 2025: This story, originally published Feb. 23, now includes additional commentary regarding the potential security implications of the decision to deprecate SMS from the Gmail ...

Strange packages you didn't order showing up on your doorstep. I got this strange package in the mail. It's addressed to me. Never ordered it, so I'm like, Is this *** scam? There was an envelope that ...

If you received gift cards over the holidays, don't throw them in a drawer and forget about them. While many gift card scams ...

Credit card security codes are three-digit codes on the back of your card (four-digits on the front if you have an American Express card) used to verify that have the physical card. You typically ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A new email scam campaign is using QR codes to get your sensitive information. It's called "quishing" or QR phishing, and security experts say it's when fraudsters launch email ...

Quishing is proving effective, too, with millions of people unknowingly opening malicious websites. In fact, 73% of Americans admit to scanning QR codes without checking if the source is legitimate.