These five communication channels are favored by scammers to try and trick victims at least once a week—if not more.
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44% of people encounter a mobile scam every single day, Malwarebytes finds
A mobile scam finds most people at least once a week, new Malwarebytes research reveals. The financial and emotional consequences are dire.
Toll fee scams are back and heading your way
Heavy incoming traffic: A new wave of toll fee scams are sweeping America.
The “free money” trap: How scammers exploit financial anxiety
With financial stress at an all-time high, people are desperately seeking relief. Sadly, scammers know this all too well.
AMOS and Lumma stealers actively spread to Reddit users
Reddit users from trading and crypto subreddits are being lured into installing malware disguised as premium cracked software.
Fake Etsy invoice scam tricks sellers into sharing credit card information
Etsy sellers are being targeted by scammers that use a legitimate Etsy domain to host their dodgy PDFs.
LinkedIn bots and spear phishers target job seekers
The #opentowork hashtag may attract the wrong crowd as criminals target LinkedIn users to steal personal information, or scam them.
Exposing the Facebook funeral livestream scam (Lock and Code S05E21)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Zach Hinkle and Pieter Arntz about the Facebook funeral livestream scam.
Fake Disney+ activation page redirects to pornographic scam
Next time you need to activate a subscription on your TV, watch out for these fake sites scammers are using to trick you and steal your money.
Walmart customers scammed via fake shopping lists, threatened with arrest
Scammers are creating fake Walmart virtual shopping lists that look like a contact page for customer service.