Twitter’s new policy bans financial scams

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:30:59 +0000

“Oh no! However shall I give away Bitcoin to all my followers?” sobbed a bunch of crooks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/RF4–MivPx4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook has booted tens of thousands of data-grabbing apps

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:09:47 +0000

400 developers have been naughty with user data, noncompliant with policy, and/or have ignored Facebook’s audit, it says.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SBAAxQd8xAE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Leaky database full of fake Groupon emails turns out to belong to crooks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:43:47 +0000

Crooks made bogus accounts to buy tickets with fake credit cards, resold them to unsuspecting buyers, and left the database-o-fraud wide open.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GRSpDu39Kqg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Scammers deepfake CEO’s voice to talk underling into $243,000 transfer

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:38:02 +0000

The voice had the hint of a German accent and the same “melody” that an employee recognized in his boss’s voice.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_coDs7IxGNM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Romance scams – 80 people charged with ripping off millions of dollars

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:04:45 +0000

The $6m scam targeted women worldwide and victimized more than a dozen companies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6Wnqyl2R-08″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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North Carolina county falls for BEC scam, to the tune of $1,728,083

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 11:00:50 +0000

The county could only claw back some of the $2,504,601 it paid to a scammer posing as a contractor working on building a new high school.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/h5cAeqdGji8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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How to get your Equifax money and stay safe doing it

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Equifax has been ordered to pay at least $650 million in relation to its enormous 2017 data breach. Users who were affected might be eligible for a claim. But watch out for scams!

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