Warning: Online shopping threats to avoid this Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Where there’s a gift to be bought, there’s also a scammer out to make money. Here’s how to stay safe this shopping season.
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Crooks bank on Microsoft’s search engine to phish customers
If you searched for your bank’s login page via Bing recently, you may have visited a fraudulent website enabling criminals to get your credentials and even your two-factor security code.
Read more1,000+ web shops infected by “Phish ‘n Ships” criminals who create fake product listings for in-demand products
Fraudsters running the Phish ‘n Ships campaign infected legitimate website and used SEO poisoning to redirect shoppers to their fake web shops
Read moreUpload a video selfie to get your Facebook or Instagram account back
Meta wants to introduce the option to upload a video selfie if you need to recover a lost Facebook or Instagram account.
Read moreAI scammers target Gmail accounts, say they have your death certificate
Typical AI supported scams are after your Google account by pretending to follow up on account recovery requests
Read moreFake 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.
Read moreDon’t share the viral Instagram Meta AI “legal” post
Instagram users are sharing a hoax in enormous numbers in an attempt at preventing Meta from harvesting their posts and photos to train its AI.
Read moreWalmart 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.
Read moreScammers advertise fake AppleCare+ service via GitHub repos
Beware before calling Apple for assistance as scammers are creating malicious ads and fake pages to lure you in.
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