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Key Takeaways Fake reviews are often used to manipulate you into either mistakenly trusting a poorly-received product, or avoiding good products from a competitor. Look out for anything suspicious, like a cluster of overly-positive reviews from around the same time, vague wording, repetition of phrases, and accounts with strange review history. Tools like Fakespot can […]
A Florida man scammed a woman out of $250,000 by posing as Elon Musk, police say. The scam involved a fake Facebook account promising high returns on investments. Musk’s identity is frequently used in scams, including deepfake crypto schemes. A Florida man pretending to be billionaire Elon Musk on Facebook scammed an older woman out […]
Police arrested a man suspected of taking a Bethesda, Maryland, couple for $400,000 in a gold bar scam. A text message reading “Contact us about an unauthorized charge on your Apple account” led the couple down a scam rabbit hole, police said. They were led to believe they were talking by phone to real Apple […]
Job scams in Nigeria are becoming more common, and many are falling victim to these tricks. If you’re searching for a job, you need to know how to identify fake job offers and avoid being scammed. This article will guide you on how to spot and avoid job scams in Nigeria. How to Spot Job […]
Quick Links Don’t Respond to the Message or Click Links Scammers use various tactics to lure people into their traps and WhatsApp is one of their favorite platforms to target people. If you aren’t careful, you could be a victim of a phishing scam. Here’s how I handle these deceptive messages. Don’t Respond to the […]
The FBI estimates that Americans lost a whopping $12.5 billion to phishing schemes in 2023. You might think you can identify a fraudulent email and avoid becoming a statistic; however, a malicious email is just one of the many phishing attacks cybercriminals use. Email Phishing Originally, a phishing attack only referred to an attempt to […]
Quick Links Cryptocurrency Phishing Scams Fraudulent Crypto Platforms I remember the excitement of seeing my very first Bitcoin ATM in our local mall. Cryptocurrency was taking off, particularly Bitcoin and Ethereum. But with that rise, so have crypto scams—and no one is immune. Cryptocurrency Phishing Scams Americans lost $5.6 billion last year in crypto fraud […]
If you’re using Android, you may want to be careful when making calls to your bank. That’s because an updated malware program called FakeCall has reportedly been hijacking outgoing Android device calls to banking institutions. Kaspersky first discovered the FakeCall Trojan in 2022, but hackers have recently updated it with several frightening new features, including […]
Facebook users are being warned that hackers are stealing accounts and swindling people out of thousands of dollars as part of new scam schemes. Cybercriminals are turning friendship into fraud by using the stolen accounts to create fake listings for items to steal money from her online ‘friends’. In one case, a Texas woman named Erin […]
Meta is preparing to harness facial recognition once again, but this time, the goal is to combat scammers without breaking privacy laws. The social network aims to help Facebook and Instagram detect and crack down on so-called “celeb-bait ads,” which exploit a celebrity’s image to trick users into visiting a scam website. Meta’s advertising system […]