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Scam alert: Beware the dangerous ‘Blank Images’ email scam

Posted on April 11, 2025

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As you probably know, the scammers of the world are getting sneakier by the day.

One of the latest scams that’s making the rounds right now consists of a mostly blank email with a line stating some variation of the following:

“If you can’t see the images below, click here.“

In all the scam emails the words “click here” will be hyperlinked to a malicious web page.

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Scam alert: Beware the dangerous ‘Hacked Account’ email scam

Posted on April 12, 2024

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

This scam is called the “This Account Has Been Hacked” scam, and it’s back to 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: Beware this dangerous ‘CVS Gift Card’ email scam

Posted on March 2, 2024

As you probably know, scammers love to target the customers of popular retail establishments by sending out fake “offers” in those company’s names.

The Lowes and Target scams (and several others) make the rounds at least once a year so most folks nowadays know to simply ignore them, but now another recurring retailer-related scam making the rounds once again.

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Scam alert: Beware this dangerous fake McAfee renewal notice

Posted on January 4, 2024

Fake McAfee Renewal scamFake renewal notices have been making the rounds via email for decades, and one of the most frequent targets of these scams happens to be users of McAfee antivirus software.

These fake McAfee renewal scams take many forms, and the one that’s making the rounds right now can be very deceiving.  [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware the insidious ‘Unsubscribe Confirmation’ email scam!

Posted on December 25, 2023

Email scams have been making the rounds ever since email first burst onto the scene back in the early days of the Internet.

There are countless ways for scammers to use fraudulent emails to separate honest people from their money, and unfortunately I’ve probably seen every one of them at one time or another.

Well, right now there’s a relatively new kind of scam email making the rounds.  [Read more…]

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