They said if a pop-up notification appears on their computer saying that Microsoft has locked it up due to a virus, it is a scam. The sheriff’s office wrote on social media that a fake phone ...

We want to warn you about a scam that you may encounter while browsing the web. A McAfee antivirus pop-up suddenly appears on ...

It’s happened to an increasingly large number of people: They’re clicking away on some less-reputable website when a pop-up advises them that their computer has been breached and their ...

When Doug Varey clicked on a pop-up ad offering computer security ... Mr Varey was a victim of a common online scam known as computer software service fraud, which ended up costing him some ...

Tech support scams are some of the oldest and most persistent, and they’re getting more sophisticated. These scams typically ...

Tech support’ claimed victim’s computer was hacked before transferring her to another scammer posing as policeman, insider ...

But usually this is a scam called computer software service fraud - and ... He describes how it all began with pop-up ads for anti-virus software. Mr Varey, a retired businessman who says he ...

A man conned into shipping his life savings across the country was saved by the quick actions of an NYPD detective.