Pharming is an online scam that redirects users to fraudulent websites by secretly installing malicious code on legitimate sites or DNS servers. Users should verify URLs, keep browsers and ...

Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images And there’s “the attractive flirt,” said Steves, who might be feeding your ego to satisfy a scam. “Get to know Europeans,” Steves says on his blog ...

Bikramjeet Singh of Miramichi has been taking extra steps to protect himself from phone, text and email scams since he lost $600 to a fraudster in 2021. "They are professional. They are doing it ...

However, a scam that uses the codes at parking meters is making people become more vigilant before they pay. “Think twice before scanning QR codes in public,” a TikTok user said in a post.

“Millions” of people could fall victim to scams using artificial intelligence to clone their voices, a UK bank has warned. Starling Bank, an online-only lender, said fraudsters are capable ...

Spotting job scams starts with noticing red flags such as mismatched URLs and unusual methods of communication. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

Not long ago, Monica Cotelingham found herself stuffing cash into a Bitcoin machine at a gas station in suburban Maryland and weeping. Earlier that day, she had received a call from a phone number ...

Scammers often rely on fear to steal your hard-earned money. No matter the scam—whether it’s a Microsoft call scam or government impersonation—they all attempt to scare you by claiming that something ...

Picture: NewsWire / Nicholas Eagar The seven received commissions for their role in the alleged scam, the police added. “Investigators have so far identified 30 victims from across Australia ...

The scammers response to the ASIC warning. Picture: Supplied Karishma* was one Australian victim who invested in the scam in January last year despite the ASIC warning. She has lost $7500 and said ...

I am a Justice of Peace in Western Australia. The federal government is stepping up its fight against scams, which last year cost Australians more than A$2.7 billion. On Friday, the federal ...

These scams risk endangering lives, experts said, particularly because they deploy the likenesses of popular health experts such as British TV presenter Michael Mosley, who died earlier this year.