Customers Urged to Protect Themselves Against Utility ScamsCity of Tampa Utilities is warning customers to be on alert after receiving multiple reports of people impersonating City of Tampa employees ...

A good rule of thumb is to be suspicious of any message that asks for money, gift cards or cryptocurrency, or that claims you ...

A Central Florida realtor receiving up to 90 spam calls a day is far from alone — experts say robocalls, spoofed numbers, AI ...

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BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Bryan police are warning residents about missed calls from a phone number that appears to be linked to the Bryan Police Department, after receiving several reports from community ...

If you’ve had the nagging feeling that scam calls and messages have gotten worse over the last few years, you’re actually correct. Americans reported losing a total of $3.5 billion to imposter scams ...

QR codes have became commonplace since the pandemic as a way to enable contactless service at places like restaurants or retail. The code allows users to scan it with their phone and it pulls up ...

Scammers are using the Google Maps contributor program to upload AI-generated photos with phone numbers, tricking users into calling the number in the photo instead of the number on the Google ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new national warning about scammers covering legitimate QR codes with fake ones on parking meters. QR code scams have been on the rise, and ...

A growing text message scam uses fake "wrong number" messages to lure victims into conversation, then tricks them into handing over credit card and personal information You receive a text that reads ...

Have you ever tried to pay for parking and discovered you need to scan a QR code to pay? It's a convenient way to pay, but it turns out scammers like using QR codes too. As more communities are using ...

An Oakland woman was shaken down for all she was worth after a scammer posing as a Charles Schwab employee called her frantically. The woman, Jazz Powell-Loggins, told ABC 7 the scheme started when ...