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...
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. To protect yourself from these ...
“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 ...
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 ...
" but when it comes to crypto scams, people still take the bait. Sometimes it's because they don't recognize the warning signs. These include offers that seem too good to be true, pressure tactics or unrealistic promises for returns. A little homework can save a lot of money and ...
Amazon is known for having frequent scams, and it has spent a lot of time and effort coming down on those scams, often to the detriment of real authors. But does Amazon want this? After all, they earn a percentage of the royalties for all books sold on their platform, including the sc...
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 ...
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...