but payapal@ account-update.com. Well account-update .com is NOT Paypal's web address. DELETE THIS EMAIL PERMANENTLY FROM YOUR MAILBOX. That is why I have said time and time again: Before clicking on any link or button in an e mail, CHECK THE EMAIL ADDRESS IT CAME FROM. That is th...
To be absolutely clear, this is a scam. There is no malware on your computer or phone and a video of you was not recorded. If your device does not have a camera you will still receive a message saying that they recorded you through your camera. However, there is a concern as to how...
The email falsely claims that the sender infected the recipient's devices, obtained vulnerable data, and recorded a sexually explicit video. The recipient is threatened with the footage being sent to their contacts if they do not pay the sender. It must be emphasized that all the information ...
Disclaimer: These scam checklists are meant as a guide only. The best way to determine whether a communication is part of a scam is to verify it directly with the supposed source. For example, if you have received a message that is seemingly from the bank, call up the bank to verify t...
Is this a scam email or does this person really have access to such things he claims? Tech Scam I was just scammed by person claiming to be with Microsoft using Microsoft trademark as they got into my computer. I paid no money, but since they gained access to...
email but can also occur via text messages and social media. In both of those instances, the criminal wants you to do the same thing, that being to click on a link. Such links can be used not only to steal valuable information but they can be used to install various types of malware...
To date, 57 people have been charged over a scheme in which wealthy parents conspired with California college admissions consultant William "Rick" Singer to fraudulently secure college placement for their children. The "Operation Varsity Blues" investigation stemmed from ...
Apple advises its users that you should“never provide personal account information–including your Apple ID password, credit card info, or other personal information–by email or text message, and use extreme caution when clicking links in messages or sharing information over the phone. Instead, vi...
You try to get into a program on your laptop, it pushes an authentication message to the cellphone the crooks now have in their control. "If you’re using the text message as a second form of authentication for logging into an account whether it be a banking, email, whatever it ma...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A former police lieutenant-turned-lawyer was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison after cheating a fellow officer of $900,000 he was owed for working at the smoldering World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11 te