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Scam alert: Beware the ‘There’s an issue with your bank account’ text message scam.

Posted on January 27, 2023

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.

The thing is, scammers are targeting potential victims via their cell phones too.

In fact, 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.  [Read more…]

Scam alert: Don’t fall for these dangerous lottery scams

Posted on January 26, 2023

As you probably know, scams of various types are ubiquitous on social media (here’s looking at you, Facebook).

Some scams run their course and are never seen again, but most just seem to pop up every now and then.

One of those “pop-up scams” is a lottery scam targeting people who enjoy playing the Powerball and Mega Millions multi-state lotteries that frequently advertise massive prize payouts for the winner(s). [Read more…]

Scam alert: Don’t fall for the ‘Free McDonalds Meals’ scam on Facebook

Posted on December 9, 2022

As you probably know, the scammers never take a break from Facebook.

One frequently recurring scam that rears its ugly head from time to time has scammers posing as the McDonald’s fast food chain.

And guess what? It’s back, just in time for the holiday season.  [Read more…]

Scam alert: Don’t fall for this fake Microsoft ‘tech support’ scam

Posted on November 18, 2022

There’s an old scam that keeps popping up from time to time, and I’m hearing lots of reports that it’s spreading like wildfire at the moment.

A while back I wrote a post explaining that neither Microsoft nor Apple will call you to let you know that your machine has a virus.

And they won’t, so if you get a call like that from out of the blue you should know right off the bat that the call is a scam. Just hang up on them.

But now there’s a quickly spreading variation of that scam that’s costing a lot of folks a lot of money and causing tons of grief to boot.

[Read more…]

Q&A: What does the term ‘Social Engineering’ mean?

Posted on October 29, 2022

Question from Lona F:  Hi, Rick. I have a really short question that I’d like to ask if you don’t mind.

What does the term “Social Engineering” mean? I keep hearing it but I don’t have a clue what it is.

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]

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