The 'your computer is locked' scam is increasing across the country but it is another form of the tech support scam, trying to get back account data.

Imagine working on your computer and getting an alert on your screen—that’s what happened to one viewer wanting to spread the word about this new scam. Viewer message: "My computer locked up ...

UPDATED: March 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM EDT An Upper Providence Township man is out of $20,000 after he gave a courier the money to get his computer unlocked.

According to LayerX Labs, who have been tracking this campaign for more than a year, the phishing attack attempts to trick Mac users into thinking that their computers have been “locked” via a ...

On April 3, a man went to the police station and said he had been scammed out of $3,900. He said he and his girlfriend had received a message that their computer was locked. The message said they ...

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"I received a pop-up that froze my computer and read, ‘Access to this system is blocked for security reasons’ from Windows Defender Security Center. It came with an audio message and siren." ...

$30,000 lost to computer repair scam, SD Attorney General’s office says in warning by: Krista Burns Posted: Jun 26, 2023 / 03:26 PM CDT Updated: Jun 26, 2023 / 04:40 PM CDT ...

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