Category: Online Scams

Scamwatch: Enjoy Easter but don’t let scammers exploit your holiday cheer  Moree Champion Read more…

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In a statement, OHSU said it made a ‘mistake’ by using the same language from a real phishing threat to test its employees’ susceptibility to…

View More OHSU sent fake phishing emails to staff, offering financial aid

Customers Should Stay Vigilant to Recognize and Avoid Scams as Vulnerable, Seniors, Low-Income Families, non-English Speakers and Small Business Owners are Often Targeted OAKLAND — With…

View More PG&E Warns of Increase in Scams Targeting Customers

Article content A retired nurse is the latest victim of an online crypto scam. Article content The Buffalo, N.Y. woman, who requested anonymity, told WKBW…

View More Nurse loses life savings in cryptocurrency scam

WAUKEGAN – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office warns the public of an ongoing cryptocurrency romance scam. Sheriff’s detectives have seen an increase in romance-based scams…

View More Sheriff’s Office seeing uptick in ‘romance scam’ – Shaw Local

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Mariners Harbor man faced with a computer virus wired money to an unknown individual on five occasions totaling $1.7 million…

View More Staten Island man loses $1.7 million in shocking computer virus scam, says NYPD

(WWJ) The Troy Police Department is sharing a cautionary tale about a resident who lost $2,800 in an online/phone scam. The woman, who lives on…

View More Woman loses $2,800 in fake Amazon phone number scam

Brief facts This was a civil claim relating to a catfishing scam – a fraudster sets up a fake online profile to extract money out…

View More Love’s Labour’s Lost?: Online love scam: Unjust enrichment and the defence of bona fide change of position | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Haldimand County are reminding people to be cautious after a Jarvis resident was defrauded of $55,000 by investing in…

View More Jarvis resident loses $50K in online cryptocurrency scam: Haldimand OPP

Visa is encouraging people to learn more about the language of fraud by helping them spot common strategies often used by fraudsters which could help…

View More Visa shares five dangerous tricks online criminals use in texts, emails and social media