👉 What You Need to Know… How Phone Spoofing Works: Scammers’ Tricks to Impersonate and Deceive Scammers, known as “spoofers,” use sophisticated techniques to hide their phone numbers. They often...
Disclaimer: This article targets the American audience. Regulations and recommendations may differ in other countries. 👉 Key Takeaways Cortexi: A Questionable Miracle Solution Despite being advertised as a natural remedy...
👉 The key points… Beware of Fraudulent Netflix-like Text message SMS scams are on the rise, and those using Netflix are among the most common. Their modus operandi? Making you...
👉 Key Takeaways… A Successful Marketing Approach Consumer complaints about so-called miracle energy-saving devices are nothing new. Testimonials have been pouring in for years. The pattern is generally always the...
👉 The Essentials in 3 Points… Text messages that look alike Fraudulent text messages generally all have the same goal: to steal your personal information and/or your money. An Unknown...
Got a call claiming you won the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes? Better hang up, because that’s a scammer trying to swindle you! What is PCH? PCH stands for Publishers Clearing...
Did you get a text saying it’s your daughter/sister asking you for urgent help? Tread carefully, because it just might be a scammer trying to dupe you into sending them...
It’s no secret that cryptocurrency scams have been on the rise in recent years. Victims of these scams have lost millions of dollars worth of digital assets. However, new KYC...
As the popularity of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum continue to grow, so does the number of scams targeting users. Whether you’re looking to invest in a new cryptocurrency or...
When you’re shopping online, it can be difficult to tell if a website is legitimate or not. Unfortunately, there are many scams and fake websites out there, and it’s essential...
You probably do a fair bit of shopping online if you’re like me. It’s convenient, there are usually good deals to be found, and you can avoid the crowds at...
If you’re like me, you probably do a fair bit of shopping online. It’s convenient, there are usually good deals to be found, and you can avoid the crowds at...
Investment scams aren’t new. They date back to the days of traveling salesmen, and cold-calling brokers took them to new heights a few decades ago. The internet opened up a...
Setting up automatic payments for services through our credit or debit cards is a very common practice today, especially when it comes to online services such as Amazon Prime or...
Scammers are everywhere, and the scams they’re perpetrating are becoming more insidious and deceptive every. They penetrate nearly every aspect of our daily lives through social media and the smart...
You are probably familiar with the feeling of dread that comes with seeing a computer error message or experiencing a technical issue with your device. And in today’s age, it’s...
Today, when trying to match the word “scammer” to a face, the average internet user (myself included) thinks of some Nigerian scam artist hiding in the back of his cyber-café…...
The Nigerian scam or 419 scam or African scam is the name of a set of advance fee scams widely practiced in West Africa. History So-called Nigerian scams actually appeared...
A Yahoo Boy is a scammer abusing the trust of internet user to make him/her pay money in various forms. This type of scammer is particularly present in West Africa (Ivory...
Victor Lustig is a con man from the beginning of the twentieth century known for the case that inspired the book “The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower” and a short film by...
You read your bank statement and see a sum you don’t recognize – but do not fear. Once you’ve made sure that it was for an unauthorized transaction there are...
how to make the difference between a site you can trust and a real scam? The answer is simple: by using a dedicated tool. There are indeed sites that analyze the reliability of other sites. Here is the list of the 6 leaders. Don’t hesitate to overuse them !
In the small world of scams, those involving a website to trap you are often among the most elaborate, and also the most complicated to detect for the average web surfer. Fortunately, scam hunters have gathered in recent years some simple tips to avoid them.
ScamDoc is a website that instantly provides information on about how much you can trust a digital identity. Just go to the site and enter the address of the website on which there might be doubt. In a few seconds and as if by magic, a complete analysis is done.
She’s called “Josie Model” or “Josie Ann Miller”. These are the most reliable pseudonyms we have on her because her photos are probably the ones that “love-scammers” prefer, even if they...
Oh boy, they’ve got you! You’re now pretty sure you’ve been scammed. OK, take a deep breath and try to clear your mind. You may have a solution but you...
Internet. A place where scams swarm. But what should you do when you’re the victim of a scam, or discover a fraud? One of the first things should be is...
