PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - A computer pop-up warning of a virus might seem like a standard tech annoyance, but deputies say a ...
A suspect in a computer pop-up scam is in Martin County Jail after deputies say he stole $50,000 from a local senior citizen. Weikai Zhang, 43, was arrested in New York and charged with organized ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) is searching for two suspects involved in a computer scam. Not only did they infiltrate a man’s computer and steal his money, they also went to ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - You may get a pop-up that looks like a security warning, telling you that there’s a major issue with your computer. However, you shouldn’t follow the directions on the screen.
Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police in Elizabethtown issued a scam alert to help residents protect their money. The Elizabethtown Police Department said in one case, a local man got a virus pop-up on his ...
A Natick woman withdrew $92,000 from her bank account after she fell victim to a scam, but police were able to get the money ...
BAY VILLAGE, Ohio (WJW) — Bay Village police are warning people about the dangers of computer scammers after a man lost $15,000. Saturday afternoon, a Bay Village resident contacted police to report ...
Weikai Zhang is in the Martin County Jail on $700,000 bond. The $40,000 stolen from the Palm City woman has not been recovered. Detectives discovered this may not be the first time Zhang accused of ...
DUNWOODY, Ga. — A Dunwoody woman lost nearly $200,000 because of a computer popup alert. Now, police want you to be on the look out for them to protect your bank accounts. Alerts that pop up on ...
PROVIDENCE ‒ The pop-up messages appeared on the computer screens of elderly people in Rhode Island and dozens of other states. Many of the messages, which induced panic, had an authoritative style ...