Nowadays, we regularly receive dozens of these texts from unknown numbers. But these innocuous greetings often have a sinister goal. These unsolicited texts to mobile numbers are often part of ...

Scammers are once again impersonating PayPal and trying to trick users into handing over access to their accounts and their ...

Many of the scams I write about are increasingly high-tech, such as those powered by Artificial Intelligence or that ask for payment via cryptocurrency. But a low-tech scam involving a UPS-delivered ...

The FBI is warning millions of Americans to be wary of an innocuous-seeming text message that’s making the rounds — and to delete it immediately if they get it. (Surprise! It’s a scam.) Americans have ...

Almost anyone who has used the internet has probably experienced that alarming moment when a window pops up claiming your device has a virus, encouraging you to click for tech support or download ...

Teresa Rogg stood by the kitchen counter in her Quincy home last summer with a phone pressed to her ear, wrapping stacks of $100 bills in tin foil. She then sealed the money in a box, walked out to ...