Some scammers put their codes over the real ones. Action 9′s Jason Stoogenke explains how these scams work. You scan the code. It takes you to a dummy site -- a phishing one -- where you hand ...

The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office issued Friday a scam warning to residents. A Facebook post from the department said the FCSO Financial Crimes Unit received reports of Task/Work From Home Scams, ...

HERE’S ONE EXAMPLE OF THE SHIPPING SCAM TEXT. THIS ONE CLAIMS TO BE FROM THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, AND INDICATES THAT A PARCEL FOR YOU IS BEING DETAINED BECAUSE OF AN INVALID ZIP CODE.

The gift can be kept or thrown away, but the QR code should not be scanned for any reason. QR code scans are not new and have shown up in all places, including parking meters. Borough police ask that ...

It sounds like I'm being overly dramatic, but everyone I know is dealing with scam calls. It's not just anecdotal: Voice security company Hiya has numbers to back it up. Based on an analysis of ...

Residents of Brussels have been warned about active fraudsters in the area, capitalising on accessing the banking details of drivers with fake QR codes placed on parking meters. Brussels capital ...

"While it's true brushing scams are real and potentially pose some dangers, these copied-and-pasted posts exaggerated the threat posed by the QR codes. The mere act of scanning a QR code doesn't ...

This past year, we featured a viral TikTok that compared the cost of living in the US and Australia, which brought up the notion that "America is a scam ... in a decent area, landing a job ...

Generative AI’s ability to churn out sophisticated fakes adds persuasive power to holiday scams and gives fraudsters new ways to deceive unwitting shoppers, impersonate card holders, or hoard the most ...

Times are tough, even in the world of romantic comedies. In Umberto Carteni’s “The Love Scam,” two brothers in Naples face almost certain eviction just as Vito (Antonio Folletto) tries to secure solo ...

Two local area athletes recently were named to The Sacramento Bee’s highly anticipated 2024 All-Metro team. Nevada Union Miners junior running back Rhyder Eelkema and Bear River Bruins senior lineman ...