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Email scams have been around almost as long as email itself, and the problem seems to be getting worse instead of better.
Add in all the scams that are constantly making the rounds on social media and it’s easy to see that fraud is a major problem in today’s connected world.
There’s a rather tempting email and social media scam that pops up every now and then, and unfortunately it’s making the rounds again right now. [Read more…]
Phishing scam attempts are distributed in many forms, but most of them arrive in our email Inboxes in the form of fraudulent emails.
The scammers are getting better at their evil craft by the day and it’s pretty hard to tell some of the fake emails from real ones.
Luckily, that isn’t the case with this latest round of phishing emails.
Here’s a screenshot one such email that landed in my Inbox this morning: [Read more…]
If you’ve been on Facebook lately you’ve probably seen sponsored posts advertising incredibly large, but portable solid state drives (SSDs) for sale.
Oddly, these ads don’t mention a ridiculously low price as most fraudulent Facebook ads do. They simply say the drives are 50% off.
I guess they figure that “savings” plus the fact that the drive has an enormous amount of storage will be enough to draw people in. [Read more…]
A very dangers scam is making the rounds again, and it’s one that you really need to be aware of. It works something like this:
You receive a phone call from someone who claims to work for either Microsoft or Apple tech support.
The name of the department the caller uses might vary, but he’ll either hint that he works for Microsoft or Apple, or just blatantly come right out and say so.
The problem is, he doesn’t work for either of those companies. He’s actually a scammer out to make a quick buck. [Read more…]
I’m sure you’ve heard about all the hacks that are taking place these days.
It seems like every time we turn around there’s another company reporting a major hack that potentially compromised the personal and financial information of their customers.
Some of the most recent hacks resulted in some of the largest security breaches in history, and unfortunately scammers who weren’t even in on those attacks soon began taking advantage of the fear and confusion they created.