As you know, the scammers of the world are always on the lookout for new ways to separate you from your hard-earned money.
And unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic has given them plenty of new ways to do it.
Scam alert: Beware this dangerous Covid-19 related email scam
As you surely know, there’s a dangerous virus making the rounds at the moment that has the entire world on edge.
This one is a real virus, not the digital kind that we’re all so familiar with these days.
This new “Coronavirus” has proven to spread quickly, and unfortunately it can be fatal in older patients and patients that have one or more underlying medical conditions.
Luckily, there are several things you can do to help prevent you and/or your loved ones from catching this virus: [Read more…]
Scam alert: Beware the ‘There’s an issue with your bank account’ text message scam.
As you probably know, scammers love using phishing emails to trick people into handing over their personal information and the login info for their online accounts.
Well, now they’re targeting potential victims via their cell phones too.
There’s a major text message phishing scam going on right now that’s snagging a lot of victims because it’s so easy to fall for.
The scammers are taking advantage of the fact that everyone is shopping at the moment, which of course results in a lot of unusual activity with their bank accounts.
The wording of the fraudulent text messages varies a bit, but the scam always works something like this: [Read more…]
Scam alert: Are you being spied on via your own webcam?
The ingenuity of hackers, thieves and other miscreants is unlimited it seems.
Every day they come up with new ways to scam, hack and break into computers in order to steal bank account and credit card numbers, photos, addresses, phone numbers and other pieces of sensitive information.
One of their most devious tricks is hacking into people’s computers and spying on them via their own webcams.
It’s happening a lot right now, and the vast majority of the victims are completely unaware that they’re being spied on until someone tells them that photos and/or videos of them are being spread all over the web. [Read more…]
Scam alert: Beware the dangerous ‘Secret Santa Gift Exchange’ scam on Facebook
This year’s Christmas shopping season in now in full swing, and you know what that means…
Yep, the scammers are out in force on Facebook trying their best to scam innocent users out of their hard-earned money.
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