An SMS scam targeting road tolls has resurfaced, claiming people owe money for unpaid bills. An example of the scam text people may receive reads as follows: "Pay your FastTrak Lane tolls by ...

One scam making the rounds recently exploits a common anxiety of many drivers: passing through tolls without paying. If you want to avoid falling for the FasTrak scheme, here’s everything you ...

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Romance scams cost Americans some $1.14 billion in 2023 alone. If you’re out there looking for love – or even just a new connection – you need to be on high alert this Valentine’s Day.

More than 1,000 people rescued from cyber scam centres near Thailand will be handed over by Myanmar, its military government has announced. The ruling State Administration Council said on Monday ...

Microsoft has started testing a new "scareware blocker" feature for the Edge web browser on Windows PCs, which uses machine learning (ML) to detect tech support scams. Scareware scams (also known ...

Romance scams are designed to establish a relationship with someone – often based on what that person has shared on social media or on a dating site – to develop trust and eventually exploit ...

According to data from security firm Blockaid, at least 75 scam tokens were created as of Jan. 27, representing a threefold jump from the previous day. This mirrors the spike in fake tokens ...

Police have arrested two men suspected of roles in a fake taxi debit and credit card scam previously reported in Burnaby and Abbotsford, B.C. Metro Vancouver Transit Police said they caught the ...

The stakes may be higher than you may expect, too, as tax scams often target not only your money but also your personal information. As a result, falling victim to this type of scam can result in ...

So I started to communicate. It was a scam The person texting me told me to contact someone on Google Chat, which also should have been a red flag — but I did it. Her original message said ...