Did your bank just text you about a potential fraudulent charge on your account? Chances are, that text is from a scammer who wants to put his thieving hands on your cash. Scammers are highly adaptive to new techniques that…
In the 1983 movie War Games, a hacker accidentally finds his way into a NORAD computer system called War Operation Plan Response and begins what he believes is a game called Global Thermonuclear War. The computer doesn’t believe it’s a…
Telephone scammers and solicitors are annoying. They are also pushy, insistent, rude, and sometimes threatening. Once they find your phone number, they share it with other scammers on the criminal web of evildoers, and will never leave you alone again.…
Recently, an email user opened a message and found an invitation to access a Google Doc. The sender’s name and email address were familiar to the recipient, so the person did as instructed. Shortly afterward, the recipient found that a…
In the latest ploy by scammers to steal your hard-earned cash, criminals use the lure of a free vacation to convince targets to hand over their credit card information. What these thieves also obtain is involuntary permission to charge expensive…
A recent rash of phone calls from individuals claiming to be from various utility companies are sweeping the nation. These scoundrels attempt to fool their targets into believing that an immediate payment is necessary to prevent termination of services. If…
Email accounts, social media, online stores and other businesses want your telephone number. It’s a security measure that allows them to send you warnings of potentially unauthorized use of your account and a way to reset your password when you…
The telephone is a popular tool used by fraudsters to fool others into handing over their hard-earned money. One effective con in their telephonic arsenal is the fake computer virus scam. Why would a computer scam be more effective than…
One of the best tools of the trade for scammers is a simple telephone. While a tool is only as useful as the person wielding it, a scammer learns many tricks to make that tool an effective one. A common…
