What are brushing scams? Brushing scams involve packages not ordered by the victim, typically from Amazon. These packages have the recipients' address and tend to either have no return address or say they are from a known seller. According to police, these packages contain a QR code inside th...
As Chinese families come together to celebrate the vibrant Chinese New Year (CNY), there's an unwelcome surge in the shadows: cyber scams. As we busy ourselves sprucing up the home and buying new clothes and goodies, this festive period has unfortunately become a prime time for cybercriminals...
“Beware of scams! Do not provide bank, credit card, investment, insurance and MPF account or other key personal information via hyperlinks embedded in suspicious messages purported to be coming from our institution!” If you become aware of any suspicious transaction or receive a suspicious ...
These types of scams are likely to proliferate with Musk, who is always in the headlines, figuring even more prominently in President-elect Trump's orbit and picked to co-lead the proposed Department of Government Efficiency. The Trump administration is also expected to serve as tailwind for cr...
There have also been recent reports of customers receiving post cards that appear to be from Amazon promising a $10 gift card. The card says the recipient must scan a QR code which redirects to a website asking to for a review of a recent Amazon purchase. ...
This scam is real. What happens is villains will have an item of relatively little value sent to your door. It will have a QR code on the box advising you to scan it to find out who the sender was. The problem is that QR code is really a program that will allow the perpetrators ...
If you didn’t have 2FA setup, do so on every account that offers it, as it’s the best hedge against stolen passwords. Remember, your passwords can be stolen via a third-party data breach not just phishing scams. ‘Quishing’ – QR Code Phishing ...
Do not click or open any hyperlink, attachment or QR code in the suspicious email or SMS message, even if SMS Sender IDs” with prefix “#”. The Bank would never proactively ask for your sensitive personal information such as bank account details, Internet Banking username, login passwords ...
of relevant organisations. The fraudsters would trick the recipients to input sensitive personal information including account number and password, personal details, credit card number and etc. The phishing messages may also include a malicious hyperlink, attachment, QR code or files, which results in...
of relevant organisations. The fraudsters would trick the recipients to input sensitive personal information including account number and password, personal details, credit card number and etc. The phishing messages may also include a malicious hyperlink, attachment, QR code or files, which results in...