The Hall County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a seminar near Flowery Branch this week aimed at educating the public about the dangers of scams. The sheriff’s office will host the “Don’t Take the Bait” ...

Scammers are getting smarter, and so are their tricks. From fake delivery alerts to impersonated government agencies, phone scams are more convincing (and more frequent) than ever before. Whether it’s ...

Caught in the Act: Elkin police catch scammers posing as the FBI ...

Adam Snyder of Snyder Reports opened his recent video with a simple warning: holiday scams are back, and they’re showing up fast because Christmas and New Year’s are right around the corner. Snyder ...

Google is pretty good about adding protections against phishing texts and other scams. Look what it did with the Circle to Search feature on Android devices.

The call sounds routine at first, a calm voice saying it is from Walmart’s fraud department about a $919 PlayStation 5 charge on a shopper’s account. Then the script tightens, asking the customer to ...

A business owner has “taken matters into her own hands” after catching a customer trying to steal hundreds of dollars’ worth ...

AUSTIN — A man posing as someone from the federal government tried to get our personal information over the phone. He said he wanted to verify our social security number and warned us about a possible ...

The holiday shopping season should feel exciting, but for scammers, it's rush hour. And this year, one trick is hitting more inboxes and phones than ever: the fake refund scam. If you've ever seen an ...