Results for 'scam'
Plane sailing for ticket scammers: How to keep your flight plans safe
July 19, 2023 - You may be getting ready to jump on a plane and head off for a few days or weeks of rest...
Elderly targeted in car accident scam, kingpin arrested
July 4, 2023 - The head of a criminal network responsible for defrauding hundreds of elderly people has been arrested, Europol has announced. After a joint...
“Free” Evil Dead Rise movie scam lurks in Amazon listings
June 30, 2023 - Scammers are using a novel technique with Amazon listings to trick fans of Evil Dead into downloads they may not want,...
Phishing scam takes $950k from DoorDash drivers
June 19, 2023 - A particularly nasty slice of phishing, scamming, and social engineering is responsible for DoorDash drivers losing a group total of around...
Ticket scammers target Taylor Swift tour
June 14, 2023 - Taylor Swift fans are being warned to be cautious when buying tickets for her current “Eras” tour, with scammers waiting in...
Warning: Victims’ faces placed on explicit images in sextortion scam
June 8, 2023 - The FBI has issued a warning about criminals digitally manipulating people’s faces on to pornographic images—known as deepfaking—and then using those images to...
Facebook clickbait leads to money scam for users
June 7, 2023 - Online criminals are notorious for lurking on social media sites and tricking users into visiting malicious links. We recently observed a scheme where Facebook users are clicking...
How to spot and avoid a tech support scam
May 10, 2023 - Despite the occasional arrests and FTC fines for tech support scammers (TSS) and their henchmen, there are still plenty of cybercriminals...
FTC tackles tech support scams by chasing payment processor firms
April 20, 2023 - A multinational payment processing company and two of its executives are facing a potential $650k fine as a result of allegedly...
