phishing

If you haven't received a phony email or text from someone purporting to be with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), just be patient because you probably will.

Thanks to our friend Dennis Horton, Director of the Rockford Regional Office of the Better Business Bureau (BBB), we learned a new word this morning: Smishing.

With most of the world concentrating on getting through a global pandemic and keeping themselves and their families safe, sheltered, and fed, 2020's scam artists had other things in mind. Like ripping you off in a variety of ways.

You've got phony charities out there trying to making you sorry for being altruistic, puppy fraud scams taking your money and giving you a broken heart, and now a couple of other scams are making headway, too.

Since we've officially entered the "giving season," lots of us are looking for charitable groups and organizations that could really use a helping hand. Given the pandemic and resulting hardships, there's a pretty big list of them asking for help.

With Zoom meetings now being a part of many people's daily lives, is it any surprise that scammers are looking to capitalize on millions of potential new victims?

Director of the Rockford Regional Office of the Better Business Bureau (BBB), Dennis Horton, fills us in on some of the latest scams coming through our area.

Illinois Tollways officials are warning about an email phishing scheme that claims money is owed for missed bills: Officials say I-PASS users should delete emails with the titles "Indebted for driving on toll road" or "Payment for driving on toll road...

It's always something. At least when you're talking about the world of scams. Lots of people employing lots of tactics, all with the bottom-line goal of separating you from your money or personal information. The latest is being called the "Spoofing Scam," and according to ABC News, this scam uses technological trickery combined with the lure of money to trick victims into giving up pers

Okay, so you're a hacker. A hacker who is really hoping to glean some top-secret information from the G20 summit in Paris, France. Now, you know that officials at the G20 aren't going to just hand over the info to you. Security is air-tight, meeting rooms are constantly swept for bugging devices...