Categories: News Tags: PayPal Tags: scam Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: fraud Tags: email Tags: telephone Tags: call Tags: send money Tags: notification We take a look at a PayPal phish which comes complete with multiple ways to pull the wool over your eyes. |
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:02:42 +0000
The warning is hosted on a real Facebook page; the phishing uses HTTPS via a real Google server… but the content is all fake
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:45:56 +0000
Don’t let a keen eye for bargains lead you into risky online behaviour…
Read moreCategories: News Tags: scam Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: sale Tags: selling Tags: bank transfer Tags: app Tags: phone Tags: mobile Tags: social media We take a look at reports of scammers using fake bank transfer apps to make it look as though they’ve bought your for-sale item. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: Tractors Tags: Australia Tags: scam Tags: fake Tags: escrow Tags: advert Tags: advertising Tags: advertisement We take a look at reports of the agriculture sector increasingly running into fake online adverts for tractors, at great cost to unfortunate buyers. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: HMRC Tags: UKGOV Tags: tax Tags: return Tags: phish Tags: fake Tags: scam Tags: refund Tags: rebate Be on your guard for scammers offering fake rebates |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: scam Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: phish Tags: romance Tags: 419 Tags: astronaut Tags: space Tags: station Tags: shuttle Tags: rocket Tags: fake Tags: email We take a look at a scam which has come around every couple of years and which has finally claimed a sizable bounty from a victim. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: Scam Tags: spam Tags: phish Tags: BEC Tags: business email compromise Tags: romance Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: wire Tags: money mule We take a look at a scammer, involved in both BEC fraud and romance scams, who has been jailed for a whopping 25 years. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: scam Tags: phish Tags: SMS Tags: energy Tags: fake Tags: website Tags: £400 Watch out for an energy-themed scam being sent out via SMS which plays on energy price fears. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: tax refund Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: scam Tags: greece Tags: greek Tags: javascript Tags: keylogger The phishing mails rely on that time-honoured tradition of bogus tax returns and non-existent refunds. |
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