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Blockchain Waltonchain Accused Of Running A Fake Competition

Waltonchain Accused Of Running a Fake competition While the prices of cryptocurrencies are not as good as they were perhaps…

7 years ago

Social Media Is “Too Slow” Dealing With Scams

Social Media Social Media has had a rough ride over the last couple years. Whether it's election tampering, spreading hate…

7 years ago

Facebook Adds A New Security Feature To Help Prevent Scammers

Facebook adds new features to prevent scammers On occasions, you may have received a someone legitimate-looking e-mail from Facebook. In…

7 years ago

Chatbot Designed to Deliberately Time waste Scammers

Re:scam bot Designed to waste the time of scammers Every now and then you receive a (poorly worded) e-mail offering you…

7 years ago

US Couple Admits Scamming Amazon out of $1.2m

I wonder if they were members of Prime?... We all use Amazon, well, the vast majority of us do. Combining…

7 years ago

Office Depot Caught Scamming Customers with Unnecessary Malware Cleaning Charges

Office supply retail chain Office Depot and sister store OfficeMax have been exposed as charging users unnecessary Malware clean-up fees…

8 years ago

New Chrome Extension Does What Facebook Fails to Do

Facebook has been in the news quite a bit lately in regards to fake news stories after they fired all…

8 years ago

How to get Tech Support Scammers to Install Malware

The old tech support scam – criminals posing as technical support staff in order to con computer users into surrendering…

8 years ago

KickassTorrents Mirrors Maliciously Taking Your Details

People love torrents. Be it to download a piece of software they own legitimately or to get a copy of…

8 years ago

WoW Vulnerability Could Let People Rob You Without You Knowing

There's a certain sense of accomplishment that comes with playing MMOs, whether it's your top-of-the-line gear from the hardest raids…

8 years ago

Malware May be Using Real GPS Data to Scam Speeders

There is a new malware scam hitting computers in Pennsylvania posing as an email containing a speeding ticket and containing…

9 years ago

Seller of Indian $4 Smartphone Accused of Fraud

Recently an Indian company revealed that they would be selling a smartphone for only $4, however, 30,000 unit sales later,…

9 years ago

“Pay The Ransom” Says FBI Ransomware Advice

Ransomware is a significant threat to huge corporations as it is to you and me, the notion of every single…

9 years ago

At Least 30 Managers Behind VW Emissions Scam

The Volkswagen emission saga continues, as German news company Spiegel reports that at least 30 VW managers are suspected to…

9 years ago

Roaming The Open World Of GTA V Money Generator Scams

Grand Theft Auto is a franchise which has captured the imagination of fans with an engrossing open player world and…

9 years ago