LEADER KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT SIX. SCAMS ARE GETTING HARDER TO FLAG, MAKING YOUR ELDERLY LOVED ONES A TARGET. GOOD EVENING. I’M JULIE CORNELL. TONIGHT WE HAVE INFORMATION TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR ...

Older Americans are losing more money than ever to scams, according to a new Federal Trade Commission report to Congress, with losses climbing sharply over the past four years. The FTC’s 2024–2025 ...

Tech-support scams cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Seniors are particular targets of the crooks, sometimes losing their life savings. The scam often starts with a call, email, ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Federal authorities are sounding the alarm on a surge in financial scams that has cost North Texans nearly half a billion dollars, prompting a new public awareness campaign from ...

One disturbing scam involves crooks who impersonate officials to convince consumers that they must withdraw money from accounts to protect it.

If you’re an honest person, it may be difficult for you to believe that someone would scam you. Internet scammers can be slick enough to convince you they’re someone they’re not. Only you can protect ...

A local man thought there was a problem with his computer, then when he tried tech support, he ended up falling for an elaborate scheme that cost him big time. Tech support scams have sadly become so ...

Older Americans continued to lose billions of dollars to fraud in 2024, with scams increasingly exploiting trust, urgency and new technologies. The Federal Trade Commission said impostor scams, ...

A Westminster man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to a technical support scam, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. On Thursday, officials ...