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Coverage of active online scams, phishing campaigns, and fraud operations targeting consumers and businesses. Articles document how scams operate, what messages or tactics are used, and how victims are targeted, with clear guidance on identifying, avoiding, and reporting fraudulent activity. Coverage includes email scams, SMS phishing, fake giveaways, impersonation fraud, and financial scams affecting major brands and platforms.
Beware of Southwest Airlines Facebook scams that are designed to phish personal information and spread malware. Southwest Airlines Facebook scams are growing every day and there is a variety of different types of Southwest Airlines scams on the social media website.
Read articleHave you noticed Hosted AdSense for Content in your Google AdSense reports and wondered what it is? Some internet users have even asked "What is the difference from Hosted Adsense content and adsense content?" I'll answer both of those questions right now.
Read articleThe recent Target data breach that leaves Target customers at risk of serious credit and identity theft crimes has caused another large issue for Target customers. Criminals are now taking advantage of the current situation regarding stolen Target customer information, such as full names, email addresses, home addresses, credit information, and more, by masquerading as Target themselves.
Read articlePhone number 661-748-0241 is a default Skype telephone number alike 661-748-0240 that is used by Skype users who have not yet set up their accounts. The phone number 661-748-0241 will appear on outbound calls made by Skype users taking advantage of the services. Warning! Criminals and scam artists use the phone number 661-748-0241 in order to orchestrate different types of scams.
Read articleIf you receive an unsolicited phone call from an unknown person claiming to be from Microsoft, your Internet Service Provider (ISP), your computer manufacturer (ie: Dell, HP, Toshiba) and further stating that multiple issues have been detected on your computer, including computer viruses, malware, and trojans and you must install AMMY from www.ammyy.com to allow them a remote connection to your computer hang up - this is a scam! These phone calls are fake! This is a common scam referred to as the AMMYY scam. Please note that the developers of the software AMMYY have no involvement with these scams; however, if you do find that AMMYY software is on your system immediately uninstall it and proceed with further safety instructions detailed below.
Read articleIf you receive an unsolicited phone call from an unknown person claiming to be from Microsoft and further stating that multiple issues have been detected on your computer, including computer viruses, malware, and trojans hang up - this is a scam! These phone calls are fake! Microsoft will not call you, Microsoft does not operate personal computer security in such a manner. It is true that Microsoft Windows will send anonymous crash reports (etc.) if a user chooses the option; however, the anonymous information collected in such reports does not give Microsoft access to your telephone number.
Read articleOne of the latest scams revolving around Facebook users is the "Tagged photos of you on Facebook" email scam. Victims receive fake emails from cyber criminals masquerading as Facebook that claim the user has a numerical amount of tagged photos from a friend or random person. A common subject line of the malicious emails is "Angela Werner tagged 2 photos of you on Facebook" (names and number of tagged photos vary).
Read articleFraudulent emails claiming to be sent from UPS and a variety of different fake UPS email phishing scams have been around for many years. The primary objective of these fake UPS email scams is to infect computer systems with malicious payloads (Trojan horses) by tricking victims into believing that UPS, UPS Express Services, and/or UPS Logistics Services needs them to download an email attachment for reasons relating to errors with their service, such as errors with shipping addresses and item weight.
Read articleThe following domains are linked to dangerous Facebook scams involved with fake ipad 3 and ipad HD giveaways. The Facebook scam promises to give Facebook users a free ipad 3 or ipad HD by following certain instructions, which may include completing surveys, but the scam artists involved do not actually give away free ipads. This is a very common Facebook scam that uses multiple websites. Once a website is caught, the DNS A records of the website will also show similar websites on the same server. The websites listed in this article are malicious phishing websites associated with Facebook scams involving fake free ipad 3 and fake free ipad HD giveaways.
Read articleWhat is Tabletdo.com – ipad 3/HD scam? Tabletdo.com (http://tabletdo.com, www.tabletdo.com) is a very dangerous phishing website involved in free ipad 3 and ipad HD Facebook scams. The Tabletdo.com scam website…
Read articleTabletgive.com (http://tabletgive.com, www.tabletgive.com) is a dangerous phishing website involved in free ipad HD Facebook scams. The Tabletgive.com scam website is essentially a Facebook tag-jacking and never-ending survey scam that is also associated with the unauthorized installment of dangerous computer viruses and malware. Tabletgive.com is a scam website that does NOT give away free ipad hds, this is a common Facebook scam, also see ipadhdx7.com, 94ipad.com, 46ipad.com, and especially 877ipad.com for more information about these "Check out my new ipad3" and "Got my free ipad hd" Facebook scams.
Read articleWhat is ipadhdx7.com – ipad scam? Ipadhdx7.com (http://ipadhdx7.com) is a dangerous phishing website involved in free ipad3 Facebook scams. The ipadhdx7.com scam website is essentially a Facebook tag-jacking…
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