Tag: Scam
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New Holiday Scam Alert: Unsolicited Christmas Packages Are Being Used to Steal Your Credit Card
In the midst of the bustling holiday season, a sophisticated new scam has surfaced, preying on the chaos of last-minute Christmas shopping to compromise personal information. Cybercriminals are dispatching unsolicited packages to households across the country, disguised as misplaced or erroneous deliveries from popular online retailers. These parcels contain items that appear innocuous, such as…
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Warning: A New Scam Targets Consumers with Unsolicited Gifts and Malicious QR Codes
Consumers across multiple states are being warned about a new variation of the “brushing” scam that uses unsolicited gifts and malicious QR codes to steal personal and financial information. This scam involves recipients receiving unexpected packages containing items they did not order, often from online retailers like Amazon or other similar companies. The packages…
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A Bogus Crypto App in the App Store Has Reportedly Stolen Thousands of Dollars From Users
An iOS app masquerading as crypto service Rabby Wallet appears to have slipped past Apple’s App Store review team. While the official Rabby Wallet app hasn’t yet gained App Store approval, Rabby Wallet & Crypto Solution has been taking money from users, according to Apple Insider. Apple confirmed to Cord Cutters News that the app…
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Gmail is Getting Smarter About Identifying Scam Emails
Google has developed a new “battle-tested” tool to help protect your inbox from scammers. This comes as scam emails have increasingly been targeting cord cutters. The search giant last week broke down how Gmail, YouTube, and Google Play use machine learning to interpret text in messages, including different connotations and suggestions, that can help identify phishing…
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Beware: Scammers Are Targeting Cord Cutters With Fake Streaming Service Deals
Streaming services, like virtually every other business, roll out special holiday promotions every year. But not all the offers are legitimate. Cord Cutters News spotted a few examples of people on Facebook who’ve potentially received emails from scammers posing as popular streamers. The users shared separate experiences about getting emails saying they’ve been “randomly selected”…
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Scammers Are Stealing Money From Your Gift Cards – Here is Everything You Need to Know
In addition to the myriad of tricks and tactics fraudsters use to dupe you out of your money, you should take a closer look at any gift cards you purchase this holiday season. A card draining scam happens when criminals take down the numbers on the back of a gift card and then wait for…
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YouTube Copyright Scammers Must Pay $3.3 Million to Hundreds Exploited Music Artists
Cybercriminals posing as music rightsholders were arrested and sentenced to prison after extracting over $23 million in revenue from YouTube’s Content ID system. After about 800 impacted artists came forward, the court has ordered the scammers to pay $3.3 million in restitution. Under the company MediaMuv LLC., Webster Batista and Jose Teran claimed to own…
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Google Sues Scammers Who Filed Thousands of Fake Takedown Requests To Rig Search Results
Google is fighting back against a group of fraudsters who allegedly created 65 Google accounts to submit phony copyright violation notices against thousands of third-party website URLs. The defendants could also be linked to other takedown requests “targeting more than half a million additional third-party URLs,” according to lawsuit Google filed on Monday. The lawsuit…
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Amazon and Microsoft Team Up To Crack Down on Impersonation Scams and Tech Support Fraud
Industry titans Amazon and Microsoft are going after cybercriminals who pose as representatives for trusted brands to defraud customers. With the two companies’ help, India’s Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday said it had conducted a series of raids in multiple cities in India against illegal call centers. The operators were pretending to be Microsoft…
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Google Can Now Keep Your Phone Safe From Malware in Real-Time
Even the most tech savvy person isn’t immune to cybercriminal schemes. As our world grows more digital, bad actors find new ways to swindle and steal from people. Just this year, 8.9 million Android devices — including phones, watches and televisions — were found to be pre-infected with Guerilla malware. Earlier this week Google said…