CONSUMER FIRST ALERT: Scammers using AI to make scams more personal - WBAY

Consumer First Alert talked with a fraud expert to help protect your family and your money. Text scams like the unpaid highway toll and email scams like fake job offers are generic -- hitting ... Read More

Scam extortion emails prey on fear to get you to pay up ... - CBS News

Scammers are deploying a disturbing new tactic to try to take your money by preying on your fear through threats of extortion. "You do not know me, however, I know you very well," Carole Mancini ... Read More

Hoax bomb threat extortion emails similar to sex video extortions

Attempts to use the internet to extort money from people are decades old. Over the past several years ransomware , which installs malware that locks up the user's computer files until they pay a ... Read More

Scammers sending pictures of your home in scary new scam

CONSUMER ALERT: Beware of 'sextortion' scams on social media Bottom line, there's a ton of personal information on all of us out there, which scammers will use to make their schemes more believable. Read More

Warning: Scammers using public images of people's homes and other ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) --- Consumer protection officials are warning about a new scam targeting people for extortion by sending threatening letters through email.Officials say it's happening across ... Read More

Scammers now can use voice-cloning AI to impersonate us or others and ...

Scammers want our voices and videos so that they can do a more convincing job of impersonating us when they're out to steal money. Such cloning can be wrongly used when crooks make a call ... Read More

Scam alert: Scammers impersonating authorities to extort money

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office alerted residents of a scam that involves scammers using real names within the sheriff's office to extort money. Skip to content NOWCAST WYFF News 4 at 11 ... Read More