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Scam alert: How to avoid falling victim to Cybercrime

Posted on September 25, 2025

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This post explains several ways to avoid falling for phishing and hacking attempts, but if you’d like to learn even more about how to stay safe online, I recommend that you check out this comprehensive resource.

By now you probably know how terrifying it can be to have your online accounts hacked.

Did you know that many of the victims of cyber attacks are unable to get justice or even get their lives back on track after being victimized?

Unfortunately, online criminals don’t care who their victims are. They only care about getting your personal information, your account login details and other important information about you that they can exploit for various bad deeds. [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware this new (and very convincing) PayPal ‘Account Setup’ scam

Posted on September 4, 2025

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As you probably know, PayPal users have always been a top target of scammers. There’s a dangerous new (and very convincing) PayPal related scam making the rounds right now that could be landing in your email inbox at any minute.

Most PayPal related scams are phishing attempts designed to trick you into handing over your PayPal login info (and therefore access to your account), but this one is a bit different because it’s trying to trick you into handing over your personal and banking info directly. [Read more…]