GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A message pops up on your computer: “Your computer has been locked up.” “A scare tactic on this fake pop-up that looks like a virus,” says Nathan Drager, president of Quantum ...

An Upper Providence Township man is out of $20,000 after he gave a courier the money to get his computer unlocked. Township Police Chief David Montella said the 66-year-old victim who lives on South ...

The Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office issued the scam warning for any Microsoft users, according to a social media post. They said if a pop-up notification appears on their computer saying that ...

Imagine working on your computer and getting an alert on your screen—that’s what happened to one viewer wanting to spread the word about this new scam. Viewer message: "My computer locked up with a ...

A man was arrested Thursday in connection to computer scam targeting an elder victim. Avinash Chandreshbhai Patel,19, of Apex ...

The FBI said a popular online scam continues to grow. Hackers shut down your computer and then force you to pay a ransom to get control back. The international crime is targeting everyone - even law ...

An alarming new scam is spreading across Pennsylvania. While arrests have been made, law enforcement is warning this could be part of a more elaborate, nationwide scheme. Scammers request remote ...

ALBANY, N.Y. – A Chinese national living in Albany was accused of scamming a Wyoming County couple out of $20,000. Investigators said he obtained the cash from an elderly couple in the town of Java ...

A 19-year-old Apex man was arrested Sept. 25 and charged with two felonies after an alleged attempted scam was foiled. Avinash C. Patel of Barn Cat Way was charged with attempting to obtain property ...

An Apex man accused of financial exploitation involving a computer scam in Lee County appeared in court for the first time on Friday. Avinash Chandreshbhai Patel, 19, was arrested on Sept. 25, during ...