When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years ...

Some may even be harmful to your hair. Here’s how to avoid scams and choose a treatment that really works. Avoid products with big promises. Read the claims. Do you see words like “amazing ...

Scammers pose as customers.

How the novel became an Oscar-nominated film. By Tina Antolini, Alex Barron, Wendy Dorr, Daniel Ramirez, Elisheba Ittoop and Gilbert Cruz The director James Mangold discusses the things we may ...

HEY, I’D LOVE TO GET 1400 BUCKS FROM THE GOVERNMENT. BUT FOLKS, THIS IS A SCAM. FIRST OF ALL, THE IRS SIMPLY DOES NOT TAX PEOPLE WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION. AND SECOND, THIS PARTICULAR MESSAGE IS ...

An investment scam is when someone offers you a fake - but often convincing - opportunity to make a profit after they hand over a sum of money. There are three main types of investment scams A totally ...

The organisation is an independent external dispute resolution service – acting as an ombudsman of sorts – and can compel banks to pay compensation to scam victims. But news.com.au’s ...

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 ...

Microsoft is rolling out a new tool dubbed “scareware blocker,” which uses machine learning and computer vision to identify a very pervasive type of online scam. “Scareware” has blighted ...

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 ...

The new year doesn’t necessarily bring about a shift in scam tactics. In fact, over the years, many scams have slowly evolved as scammers incorporate new technology and play off of the most recent ...

When he arrived in Bangkok, he was kidnapped and taken to an online scam compound, one of hundreds of thousands of people who the United Nations says have been trapped into working for criminal ...