Category: Online Scams

A local man was blackmailed out of £200 by an online fraudster he met on social media in a cyber ‘sextortion’ scam. A spokesman for…

View More Local man blackmailed out of £200 in ‘sextortion’ scam

Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency warned claimants Monday to be on the look out for text messages that claim to be from the agency that are aimed at…

View More Michigan unemployment agency warns consumers of text phishing scam

We all like to think we’re immune to scams. We scoff at emails from an unknown sender offering us £2 million, in exchange for our…

View More Email scams are getting more personal – they even fool cybersecurity experts

Our 11 News Call For Action team pens a weekly column for our news partner The Gazette. Previous columns can be found here. COLORADO SPRINGS,…

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Several Britons took to Twitter over the weekend to flag to Santander a “suspicious text” they had supposedly received from the bank.  Twitter user @Savva2…

View More Santander issues scam warning after a plethora of Britons receive ‘dodgy’ texts | Personal Finance | Finance

(REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration) MANILA, Philippines —  Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. on Monday said that the agency is willing…

View More DILG to bolster PNP anti-cybercrime group with more equipment, tech support

POLICE are urging the public to be more vigilant and avoid falling victim to online scams. In an effort to raise more awareness on the…

View More Be vigilant and do not fall prey to online scams, KL folk urged

Home » CONSUMER ALERT: Attorney General Moody Kicks Off Summer Scam Series Warning of Vacation Rental Scams ABOVE VIDEO: Attorney General Moody Kicks Off Summer…

View More CONSUMER ALERT: Attorney General Moody Kicks Off Summer Scam Series Warning of Vacation Rental Scams

DETROIT (WXYZ) — A beloved bookstore in southwest Detroit will keep its doors open, thanks to a lot of community love and support. “We’re just really happy…

View More Community steps up to save beloved Detroit bookstore after losing $35K in scam

Rogers is warning customers of a wave of scam text messages claiming to offer credits after its all-day outage on Friday. While the…

View More Rogers outage: Company warns of phishing scams offering credits