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Fake celebrity photo leak videos flood TikTok with Temu referral codes

TikTok is flooded with videos promoting fake nude celebrity photo leaks used to push referral rewards for the Temu online megastore.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 24, 2023
- 10:11 AM
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Nigerian man pleads guilty to attempted $6 million BEC email heist

Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, a 29-year-old Nigerian national extradited from Canada to the United States last April, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering through business email compromise (BEC).
- Bill Toulas
- September 22, 2023
- 03:24 PM
- 2
TikTok flooded by 'Elon Musk' cryptocurrency giveaway scams

TikTok is flooded by a surge of fake cryptocurrency giveaways posted to the video-sharing platform, with almost all of the videos pretending to be themes based on Elon Musk, Tesla, or SpaceX.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 17, 2023
- 02:34 PM
- 1
Fake YouPorn extortion scam threatens to leak your sex tape

A new sextortion scam is making the rounds that pretends to be an email from the adult site YouPorn, warning that a sexually explicit video of you was uploaded to the site and suggesting you pay to have it taken down.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 02, 2023
- 10:12 AM
- 3
Classiscam fraud-as-a-service expands, now targets banks and 251 brands

The "Classiscam" scam-as-a-service operation has broadened its reach worldwide, targeting many more brands, countries, and industries, causing more significant financial damage than before.
- Bill Toulas
- August 31, 2023
- 04:00 AM
- 0
FBI warns of increasing cryptocurrency recovery scams

The FBI is warning of an increase in scammers pretending to be recovery companies that can help victims of cryptocurrency investment scams recover lost assets.
- Bill Toulas
- August 14, 2023
- 01:02 PM
- 1
UK gov keeps repeating its voter registration website is NOT a scam

Every year local government bodies or councils across Britain contact residents, asking them to update their voter details on the electoral register if these have changed. To do so, residents are asked to visit HouseholdResponse.com, a domain that looks anything but official and has often confused people, who mistake it for a scam.
- Ax Sharma
- August 13, 2023
- 07:07 AM
- 2
FBI warns of scammers posing as NFT devs to steal your crypto

The FBI warned today of fraudsters posing as Non-Fungible Token (NFT) developers to prey upon NFT enthusiasts and steal their cryptocurrency and NFT assets.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 04, 2023
- 02:11 PM
- 0
Fake FlipperZero sites promise free devices after completing offer

A site impersonating Flipper Devices promises a free Flipper Zero after completing an offer but only leads to shady browser extensions and scam sites.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 02, 2023
- 06:23 PM
- 1
FBI: Tech support scams now use shipping companies to collect cash

FBI warns of a surge in tech support scams targeting the elderly across the United States and urging victims to dispatch cash concealed within magazines or similar items through shipping firms.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 19, 2023
- 05:17 AM
- 0
Google targets fake business reviews network in new lawsuit

Google has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Ethan QiQi Hu and his company, Rafadigital, accusing him of creating 350 fraudulent Business Profiles and 14,000 fake reviews for an alleged business verification service for Google services.
- Bill Toulas
- June 16, 2023
- 02:26 PM
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Massive phishing campaign uses 6,000 sites to impersonate 100 brands

A widespread brand impersonation campaign targeting over a hundred popular apparel, footwear, and clothing brands has been underway since June 2022, tricking people into entering their account credentials and financial information on fake websites.
- Bill Toulas
- June 13, 2023
- 09:00 AM
- 1
Crypto phishing service Inferno Drainer defrauds thousands of victims

A cryptocurrency phishing and scam service called 'Inferno Drainer' has reportedly stolen over $5.9 million worth of crypto from 4,888 victims.
- Bill Toulas
- May 22, 2023
- 12:49 PM
- 0
QR codes used in fake parking tickets, surveys to steal your money

As QR codes continue to be heavily used by legitimate organizations—from Super Bowl advertisements to enforcing parking fees and fines, scammers have crept in to abuse the very technology for their nefarious purposes. A woman in Singapore reportedly lost $20,000 after using a QR code to fill out a "survey" at a bubble tea shop.
- Ax Sharma
- May 08, 2023
- 11:32 AM
- 0
KuCoin's Twitter account hacked to promote crypto scam

KuCoin's Twitter account was hacked, allowing attackers to promote a fake giveaway scam that led to the theft of over $22.6K in cryptocurrency.
- Bill Toulas
- April 24, 2023
- 12:17 PM
- 0
Australians lost a record $3.1 billion to scams last year

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) says Australians lost a record $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, an 80% increase over the total losses recorded in 2021.
- Bill Toulas
- April 18, 2023
- 12:00 PM
- 1
US seizes $112 million from cryptocurrency investment scammers

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice seized six virtual currency accounts containing over $112 million in funds stolen in cryptocurrency investment schemes.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 03, 2023
- 03:10 PM
- 2
Convincing Twitter 'quote tweet' phone scam targets bank customers

A convincing Twitter scam is targeting bank customers by abusing the quote-tweets feature, as observed by BleepingComputer. The scam preys on customers tweeting to their banks—such as to raise a complaints. But these customers instead receive a reply from the scammer, via a quote-tweet, urging them to call the scammer's "helpline."
- Ax Sharma
- March 16, 2023
- 10:00 AM
- 1
Cybercriminals exploit SVB collapse to steal money and data

The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 10, 2023, has sent ripples of turbulence throughout the global financial system, but for hackers, scammers, and phishing campaigns, it's becoming an excellent opportunity.
- Bill Toulas
- March 14, 2023
- 11:55 AM
- 0
FBI warns of cryptocurrency theft via “play-to-earn” games

Cybercriminals are now using fake rewards in so-called "play-to-earn" mobile and online games to steal millions worth of cryptocurrency, according to an FBI warning issued on Thursday.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 09, 2023
- 02:24 PM
- 0