Fraud targeting older Americans’ money or cryptocurrency increased by double-digit percentages in 2023. The number of complaints of elder fraud increased by 14% during the year, while the associated losses rose by 11%, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) said in a Tuesday (April 30) press release. Individuals...
Google is trying to stop scammers who advertise fake technical support on its platform. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, citing an investigation by the paper that found criminals were using Google’s ad platform to buy search ads that purported to be...
November 27, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a step closer to expanding its Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to enable it to combat tech support scams. After announcing the proposal in April and receiving public comment on it, the regulator approved final amendments to its TSR and included them in a final rule, the FTC said in a Wednesday […]
May 01, 2024
Fraud targeting older Americans’ money or cryptocurrency increased by double-digit percentages in 2023. The number of complaints of elder fraud increased by 14% during the year, while the associated losses...
September 04, 2018
Google is trying to stop scammers who advertise fake technical support on its platform. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, citing an investigation by the paper that...
