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Continue reading Exposing a Currently Active Domains Portfolio of Known 419 Scammers and International Fraudsters – An OSINT Analysis – A PDF Paper
The campaign reached more than half a billion U.S. phone numbers with more than 6 billion calls between January and March 2021.
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If you can’t beat ’em, sue ’em! Continue reading WhatsApp goes after Chinese password scammers via US court
Latest episode – listen and read now! Use our advice to advise your own friends and family… let’s all do our bit to stand up to scammers! Continue reading S3 Ep89: Sextortion, blockchain blunder, and an OpenSSL bugfix [Podcast + Transcript]
Latest epsiode – listen (or read) now! Continue reading S3 Ep88: Phone scammers, hacking bust, and data breach fines [Podcast + Transcript]
The scams are just the latest example in booming cybercrime using cute puppies to steal money.
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The scams have picked up on Telegram.
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We give you some simple digital lifesytle tips that cost nothing. Continue reading Happy Data Privacy Day – and we really do mean “happy” 🙂
Losses from fraud originating on social media skyrocketed in 2021, according to data the Federal Trade Commission released Thursday. More than 95,000 individuals reported losses totaling $770 million as a result of fraud initiated on social media. That number is up from $258 million in 2020 and just $42 million in 2017. Part of that growth has been driven by record losses to cryptocurrency scams. Investment scams made up 37% of all reported fraud losses originating on social media in 2021, according to Thursday’s report. Scammers have found a wide range of ways to dupe cryptocurrency investors, such as so-called “giveaway” scams where victims are told to send in money for a large investment return that never appears. Those scams have popped up quickly after surges in popularity of a new coin and even with focused efforts, social media platforms have struggled to stop them. The FTC in March 2021 […]
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Those numbers that show up on your phone to tell you who’s calling? Treat them as SUGGESTIONS, never as PROOF. Continue reading US government securities watchdog spoofed by investment scammers – don’t fall for it!