Caller ID spoofing that leads to vishing is turning to a growing problem, both in numbers and in success rates.…
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A BEC scammer pleads guilty to money laundering and fraud and gives away all the details in court. The person…
Scammers are hijacking YouTube channels and promote fake Bitcoin giveaways to tens of thousands. Many have already been tricked, as…
A group of Romanians was involved in massive scale ATM skimming operations in Mexico. A number of local municipality officials…
Malicious actors who set up “shop windows” using others’ names are very zestful right now. Analytics companies have recorded a…
Verizon is taking an important step to protect subscribers against SIM swapping scammers. The telco introduced a number lock feature…
Fraudsters are exploiting PayPal’s “Send Money” feature and the fact that it’s so user friendly. Scammers can send a large…
Spammers targeting people who attend tech and computing events are taking advantage of organizational delays. They are sending all kinds…
Fraudsters impersonated the State of Texas to get free HP Envy laptops and HP Elements drives. The crooks did a…
Multiple redirections and XSS exploits help tech support scammers channel social media users to their domains.The actors rely on a…
A network of 39 vitamin and nutritional product sites are tricking PayPal users with fake offers.Once the victim pays, the…
A youngster from Dublin has pleaded guilty to participating in a SIM-swapping scheme. The group stole more than $2.5 million…
Working remotely goes hand in hand with tech support scammers and vishing actors. The number of crooks calling people who…
An Indian call scammer who made tens of millions has received a harsh imprisonment sentence.The identified victims will get some…
Actors are sending massive volumes of phishing emails to random people, inviting them to land on phishing sites.The emails mention…
Scam SMS arriving on the phones of Americans try to trick people into giving away their information. The crooks are…
Thousands of “money mules” were identified and arrested this year across the globe.These people are now facing criminal prosecution, imprisonment…
A scammer who was defrauding Americans by selling puppies online was arrested in Romania.The man was tricking the victims repeatedly,…
Scammers are sending millions of phishing emails that ask people to enter their billing details.The psychological trick is to give…
A U.S. citizen and four companies have been barred from selling tech-support services in the future.19 domains that were used…
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