New Amazon Prime fake email

Fake Amazon Prime email abuses LinkedIn's URL shortener Posted: February 24, 2023 by Christopher Boyd on Malwarebytes website Click here for the entire story. Over the last few days, scammers have been sending out phishing mails that disguise bogus URLs with something called Slinks—shortened Linkedin URLs. The shortened URLs redirect users to a different URL when they [...]

2023-03-03T11:42:01-05:00March 3rd, 2023|Computer Scams, Debit/Credit card scams, Financial|

Don’t talk to Scammers

Younger VS Older...  Both get scammed When people encounter scams or bad business practices, they report them to the FTC. And what we’ve learned is interesting. Young adults report losing money to scammers more often than older people do, but when people age 70+ had a loss, the reported median loss was much higher. So, [...]

2022-05-23T12:43:52-04:00May 23rd, 2022|Computer Scams, Personal Scams, Telephone Scams|

Amazon order scam

New Email Attack Takes a Phishing-Turned-Vishing Angle to Steal Credit Card Info Details on this new scam demonstrate how cybercriminal gangs are working to try use new mediums and social engineering methods to trick users into becoming victims. Receiving a bogus email or call pretending to be from Amazon has been around for a long time. [...]

Boyfriend Girlfriend Scam

Romance Scams Beyond the job losses and economic fallout of the pandemic, the loneliness and isolation brought on by our virtual lives has real consequences. This might explain why romance scams reached a record $304 million in losses reported to the FTC in 2020. That’s up about 50% from 2019. Romance scams can start [...]

2021-03-25T14:17:00-04:00March 4th, 2021|Computer Scams, Personal Scams, Telephone Scams|

Site Notifications Risk?

Be Very Sparing in Allowing Site Notifications. An increasing number of websites are asking visitors to approve “notifications,” browser modifications that periodically display messages on the user’s mobile or desktop device. In many cases these notifications are benign, but several dodgy firms are paying site owners to install their notification scripts and then selling [...]

2021-02-20T11:12:19-05:00February 20th, 2021|Computer Scams, Computer Security|

Scammers using COVID-19 to scam people

COVID-19 / Corona Virus Scams Scammers are experts at shifting tactics and changing their messages to catch you off guard. This is especially true as they take advantage of anxieties related to the Coronavirus. Here’s a quick alert about some current government imposter scams using COVID-19 that are popping up on our radar. *Don’t [...]

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