‘Your computer has a virus.’ Frightened U.S. users lost $31 million, feds in Charlotte say
Computer users across the U.S. were tricked into sending thousands of dollars when they called a bogus tech support line to ...
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Woman receives fake virus, scammed into turning $156K to gold bars in Indian River County
A woman was conned into turning over $150,000 into gold bars after receiving a fake pop notification on her phone claiming she had a virus. According to an arrest report from the Indian River ...
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Fugitive Who Used Fake Virus In Terrifying CT Home Invasion Sentenced After 15 Years On Run
Just before midnight, Barabas and his accomplices — Emanuel Nicolescu and Alexandru Lucian Nicolescu — broke into a South Kent home wearing masks and wielding knives and fake guns, the US ...
Computer owners duped in antivirus scam to get over $25M: What to know about payments
More than $25 million in payments will go out this week to customers who were tricked into paying for fraudulent tech support ...
Fake Google Play Store pages are spreading Trojan malware that can steal your financial data
In addition to acting as spyware to capture keystrokes and clipboard activity, the malware can also target a specific list of ...
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FBI: Fake Ransomware Attack Claims Sent to US Executives via Snail Mail
An extortion group has been sending physical mail to corporate executives, threatening to leak their data unless a ransom is ...
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Fake news relating to the future ‘more likely to be spread’
Fake-news stories that relate to the future are more likely to be spread on the social-media platform X, according to a new ...
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Hundreds Arrested for ‘Fake News’ in Asia
Nearly 100 people in India have been arrested for spreading virus misinformation under penal laws and the disaster management act — with punishments including up to one year in prison. "While India ...