The approach taken by the fraudsters is not new. They use social engineering techniques and may hack into email and other systems to set up their victims. These methods of attack are used to perpetrate a wide range of attacks; however, with authorised push payment fraud scammers can trick vi...
Fraudulent actors send fake invoices to businesses or individuals, requesting payment for goods or services that were never provided. For example, a company might receive an invoice for a service that they never ordered or received, and the scammers request payment to be made to a fraudulent acc...
If you have paid scammers to seemingly subscribe to the offer, contact your bank immediately and ask for the payment to be stopped or for a refund. Likewise, if you have used your credit card to subscribe to the offer, contact your bank to have your credit or debit card frozen....
SIM swap fraud is an account takeover scam that targets a weakness in some forms of two-factor authentication in which a call or text message sent to a mobile telephone is the second factor or step. Also known as port-out scam, digital SIM swap, SIM splitting, and simjacking, the SIM ...
Of course many SMS recovery systems are much easier to hack than Google’s MFA, and spoofed recoveries are another attack vector. Phishing push-based MFA is also an issue, particularly when end users are not vigilant about approving only logins that they themselves initiated. ...
The internet is a pretty convenient place to be! Unfortunately, it can also be a convenient place for cybercriminals and identity theft. One way these scammers may try to take advantage of someone is by trying to convince them to give up their personal information or click on links that ...
Scammers heavily favor gift cards like Steam Wallet gift cards for payment, and that’s because of the unique nature of gift cards. They have: Poor tracking: Unlike typical merchandise, most storefronts like Steam don’t have a way to trace each gift card. Once the card is activated, it...
Open the SIM tray by pressing the small circular button with a narrow object, like a paperclip. Pull the SIM tray open and remove the old SIM card. Place the new SIM card in the tray, ensuring the card aligns with the direction of the cutout. Push the SIM tray closed.Scams...
What is the Wardoprize.com Scam? The good news is that the con artists behind Wardoprize.com are not trying to push malicious software or content. However, it may prompt you to complete a survey in order to claim the reward. To make the offer appear more believable, the fake reward mig...
What is credit card skimming? How does a credit card skimmer work? How can you identify a credit card skimmer? How can you avoid credit card skimming? What should you do if your credit card is skimmed? Key points about: credit card skimming Credit card skimmers are devices that scammers ...