Here are some tips to help you deal with telecom fraud. First of all, you should never give out your personal information, such as your bank account number, credit card number or social security number, to strangers. You should also be aware of the common scams, such as lottery or prize...
Now, this is a good example of a ransomware attack, because they will keep your phone locked until you pay them to recover your data.How to Spot an Apple ID Phishing ScamWe know that some phishing scams may be much more difficult to identify than others, but the signs will (almost) ...
Spam, scams, phishing, drive-by downloads, malware, tech-support scams. Sadly, these are words we're all familiar with. While we can't report everything, imagine we all just wrote once a week. It only takes minutes, and we can do our part to protect our Security on the internet ...
M&S card scams We're aware of fraudsters using phone calls and text messages to impersonate M&S Bank. They may: Send you a fake text, informing you that a transaction has left your account, and that you need to call a specific number. ...
How To Protect Yourself From Phishing One of the important factors to protect yourself from phishing scams is knowing how to spot them in the first place. First, we recommend that you try the eight-question phishing test created by Google's Jigsaw unit and find out if you can spot all the...
Check your emotions.Criminals appeal to our lizard brains and often combine those emotional appeals with a false sense of urgency. “I am a sophisticated person and aware of these scams, but when I heard the words ‘We are going to kill your daughter,’ all sense nearly went out the ...
Charity Scams Charity scams are a type of imposter scam, a hoax that involves someone trying to pass themself off as someone they aren’t to gain your trust. In this case, the scammer poses as a representative of a charitable organization. They reach out, often by phone, and ask you to...
No website is completely immune to scams, and Amazon is no exception. Amazon is a trusted global platform, and scammers take advantage of its widespread use with phone scams, fake emails, Amazon Prime scams, and spoofed websites. Learn how to recognize the most common Amazon scams and how...
Scams and Phishing How to recognise and report online scams. Share What is phishing Phishing is a particular type of digital scam aimed at inducing users to provide sensitive and/or confidential data (such as user name, password or other personal information, bank credentials, etc.). This ...
Crypto scams often aim to gain private information, such as security codes, or to trick a person into sending cryptocurrency to a digital wallet that may be compromised. Examples of scams are giveaways, hustles involving new romance, phishing, extortion emails, fake company alerts, blackmail, "...