HONOLULU (KHON2) — It’s National Consumer Protection Week, and the Better Business Bureau Institute for Marketplace Trust has just released its annual Scam Tracker Risk Report. Get Hawaii’s latest ...

Scams dominate the help-seeking landscape. Users frequently describe suspicious messages, payment requests, impersonation ...

Despite what the person on the phone says, you might not have anything wrong with your computer or TV. In fact, they might be trying to steal money from you. To avoid being scammed by phony customer ...

The FBI is warning about a new scam involving fraudsters posing as lawyers representing fictitious law firms. Using social media or other messaging platforms, scammers offer their services, claiming ...

Self-help gets a bad reputation, and honestly, some of it is deserved. The internet is full of gurus selling “overnight transformations,” manifesting miracles, and life hacks that fall apart the ...

Ever received an unexpected alert by text or email claiming there is a problem with your computer that the sender needs your help to fix? That could very well have been a tech support scam. The ...

We all know how it feels to be duped by another person. And in this day and age of technology, many of us have smartened up to detect a scam from a mile away. Yet, many fraudsters continue to strike ...

There’s a new PayPal phishing scam making the rounds, and it’s so convincing that even security-conscious users are getting caught in it. Unlike typical scams riddled with typos and fake domains, this ...

Phyllis Weisberg, 90, never thought she’d fall for a scam. Though widowed and living alone, she maintained robust social connections and confidently used her mobile phone and laptop computer to ...