WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. police are warning residents of an email extortion scheme that has been going around lately. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said fraudsters have been emailing ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Police detectives have recently received an increase in reports of a common email extortion scam. Each of these scam attempts include similar tactics and target a victim ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS — If you’ve received an email ...

Indiana State Police Detectives have recently received an increase in reports of a common email extortion scam. Each of these scam attempts include similar tactics and target a victim by including the ...

In 2024, the threat of fraud victimization and online extortion has changed dramatically through the criminal use of computers, cryptocurrency exchanges, the arrival of artificial intelligence, and ...

I’ve written about spam emails and what to do when you receive them. Report the message to reportfraud.ftc.gov, which is the site to report attempted fraud to the Federal Trade Commission. Jim Rossman ...

Gilbert police are warning residents about a new scam in which a person receives an email where the sender claims they've hacked into their devices through spyware and threatens to release recordings ...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WSMV) - Murfreesboro police are investigating an ongoing email extortion scam targeting the community. Police are warning residents of this scheme as some have reported receiving ...

Cryptocurrency email extortion is on the rise, according to a study presented at the Advances in Financial Technology conference in Zurich. The extortion process is quick, easy and very lucrative, the ...