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Scam alert: Don’t fall for the dangerous ‘This Account Has Been Hacked!’ email scam

Posted on September 17, 2019

Well, it’s another day, and that means yet another dangerous scam is making the rounds.

This scam is called the “This Account Has Been Hacked” scam, and it’s currently spreading like crazy via regular email.

Although there are very slight variations in the wording and the types of claims being made in the emails, the scam typically works like this: [Read more…]

Scam alert: Don’t fall for scammers soliciting fraudulent ‘Hurricane Dorian Relief’ donations!

Posted on September 7, 2019

Horrible events like Hurricane Dorian tend to bring out the best in humanity.

Millions of generous individuals and companies have already donated billions of dollars in relief funds for victims of Dorian.

What’s more, thousands of volunteers are already on the ground in several of the affected areas, with more waiting to go in just as soon as they receive approval from officials.

But unfortunately, natural disasters of this scale also tend to bring plenty of scammers of out of the woodwork.

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Scam alert: Neither Microsoft nor Apple will call you from out of the blue to tell you your machine has a problem.

Posted on August 29, 2019

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…]