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Scam alert: Beware fake ads for concert and event tickets

Posted on March 25, 2026

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As you probably know, ticket prices for concerts, professional sporting events, theme parks and a wide variety of other public events are astronomical these days.

Never ones to miss an opportunity, scammers are now running fake ads for deeply discounted tickets on social media sites and sending fraudulent emails hawking them to millions of email inboxes.

As usual, taking the bait and responding to these fake ads or fraudulent emails can have a number of detrimental effects, including all the following, and more: [Read more…]

5 common signs of email fraud

Posted on March 17, 2026

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Email phishing poses a huge threat to both individuals and organizations who heavily rely on email for communication. It is one of the methods cybercriminals use to commit wire fraud and pilfer sensitive information from unsuspecting victims.

Incredibly, phishing attempts are so prevalent that Google reports blocking a staggering 100 million phishing emails every day. In fact, nearly 1.2% of all emails sent are malicious, which, if you do the math, amounts to 3.4 billion fraudulent emails daily. [Read more…]

Scam alert: How to identify fraudulent and/or dangerous websites

Posted on October 12, 2025

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Let’s face it – we live in “interesting” times.

Fraudulent, fake and untrustworthy websites are all over the Internet these days, and it’s easy to find yourself on one without even realizing it.

According to the researchers at Reboot Online there are currently over a billion websites on the World Wide Web. Unfortunately, not all of them are legitimate. [Read more…]