Categories: News Categories: Scams Tags: Google Tags: G Verifier Tags: Business Profile Tags: impersonating Google has filed a lawsuit against a company that has made it its business to impersonate Google. |
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Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:00:36 +0000
A shadowy sub-economy is more than just a curiosity – it’s booming business, and also an opportunity for defenders. In the first of a four-part series, we look at the forums involved, and how they deal with scammers scamming scammers
Read moreCategories: News Categories: Scams Tags: One-Time Federal Student Loan Debt Relief Tags: FBI Tags: student loan relief scam The FBI has warned that scammers are likely to target people looking for student loan relief now that applications have opened. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Scams Tags: IRS Tags: smishing The Internal Revenue Service has issued a warning for taxpayers over a recent increase in IRS-themed smishing scams. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Scams The Federal Communications Commission wants mobile carriers to block spam texts at the network level. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Scams A ringleader of a tax fraud business has been sentenced to 12 years, and fined for stealing and using children’s data. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Scams Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: instagram Tags: facebook Tags: verified Tags: email We take a look at a phishing campaign targeting users of Instagram with the promise of verified status. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Scams We take a look at multiple reports of Final Fantasy 14 players attacked by a wave of QR themed phishing. |
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Read moreCategories: Scams Tags: charity Tags: compromised Tags: hijack Tags: security Tags: twitter We take a look at some very peculiar tweets from wrestling legend Mick Foley, who claims to have PS5 consoles for sale. |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 17:19:35 +0000
We take a look at some very peculiar tweets from wrestling legend Mick Foley, who claims to have PS5 consoles for sale.
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