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As you probably know, scammers are constantly using phishing attempts to try to steal the login info for our financial accounts.
And sadly, they’re often successful.
While they certainly love stealing logins to victims’ bank accounts, the scammers seem to have a special love for scamming PayPal customers. [Read more…]
Question from Sue: Yesterday I started getting emails from several websites that I mostly infrequently use or don’t use at all, such as Microsoft, Walmart, and Instagram.
But now I’ve received two more emails from two websites (AirBnB and eBay) that I DO use.
These emails were all in regard to resetting my password – either the password was already changed or a request to change it.
I’m confused about what’s going on and what I need to do?
Well, the scammers are working overtime to try to take advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic while it lasts.
The latest Covid-related scam is very simple in concept, but it’s turning out to be extremely effective at stealing the personal and financial information of countless unsuspecting users.
The Netflix video streaming service has almost 200 millions paying customers.
As you can imagine, that makes them and their customers prime targets for hackers and scammers.
A while back I wrote this post warning you about a very dangerous phishing email scam that’s targeting Netflix customers, and now there’s a new one making the rounds that’s just as dangerous.