Scams

Any major trend or world event, from the coronavirus pandemic to the cryptocurrency frenzy, will quickly be used as fodder in digital phishing attacks and other online scams. In recent months, it has become clear that the same would happen…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Here's a sobering truth: 95% of cyberattacks can be traced to human errors. The more employees you have, the greater your risk of being a cybercrime…

The Federal Trade Commission has accused two California-based companies of scamming student loan borrowers out of approximately $12 million, according to a complaint calling to "put an end" to the scheme.The two…

A national anti-fraud strategy, launched today, will target digitally enabled fraud and scams, taking the fight to the criminal underground and stopping fraudsters from ever reaching their victims, the government has claimed.…

Card skimming is the practice where devices are installed on ATMs, point-of-sale (POS) terminals, or fuel pumps to capture data or record cardholders' PINs to open fake accounts and steal victims' funds.According to…

“There has been an explosion of reported losses to phishing scams in the past year, such as “Hi Mum” and Toll/Linkt text scams, which skyrocketed by 469 per cent to $24.6 million in 2022.”Nina Merrilees made a first payment of $3450, a…

When a scam artist called Cameron Huddleston’s mom to tell her to wire money in order to claim a prize, Huddleston had to intercept the calls. Her mom, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, was convinced she had to wire…

As people around the world struggle to cope with rapidly rising inflation and energy costs many are desperate to find new ways of earning and growing money. For some, it’s about achieving financial goals, such as owning property, that…

Here’s an experiment being run by undergraduate computer science students everywhere: Ask ChatGPT to generate phishing emails, and test whether these are better at persuading victims to respond or click on the link than the usual spam. It’s…

Look out for people on dating apps who offer investment opportunities too good to be true.That's the message from the District Attorney's Office in New York City, which recently brought charges against a lying…