Category: Scams & Data Breaches
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Fake Credit Card Email Offers
Fraudsters are sending phishing emails designed to look like credit card offers. The emails often advertise an attractive VISA or Mastercard offer that includes a low interest rate, loyalty rewards or balance transfer options. The emails also include PDF attachments that are designed to look like credit card applications. The hackers are hoping that innocent…
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Fake Amazon Return Text Messages
Do not click on links in any text message you may receive related to a refund. These smishing text messages are designed to look like messages from Amazon, but they are not.
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Bank Authentication Code Text Messages
Beware of text message scams designed to scare you into thinking that your financial account is being hacked. Hackers are sending fake text messages to people that look like login authentication code requests. The text messages typically say something like, “Your authentication code is 999999. If you did not request this code, call us…”.
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Increase Cloud Storage to Avoid Losing Files
Scammers are sending worrisome email notifications to everyday people warning that their Cloud storage is nearly full. The notifications explain that if the email recipient does not respond promptly, he or she risks losing their data. This message can be quite alarming for those who have years worth of priceless family photos, documents and other…
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Gift Card & Reward Email Scams
As the adage goes, nothing comes for free! Anytime you receive a random email notifying you that you have a gift card or reward just waiting to be claimed, alarm bells should go off. Hackers are working around the clock to trick innocent people into clicking on email links that redirect them to fake websites.…
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Account Transaction Notification Scam
Cybercriminals are sending phishing emails that appear to be transaction notifications from the Navy Federal Credit Union. The emails may come from an email address ending with “navyfederalcu.org”. Do not click on any links within these emails should you receive one.
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Fake Microsoft Purchase Notifications
Be wary of emails sent from an email account ending withmicrosoftonline.com. Cybercriminals have developed a way to tamper with Office 365 and send phishing emails that appear to come from a legitimate Microsoft email account.
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Malicious PDF Email Attachments
Hackers are carrying out cyberattacks through email that involve sending malicious emails that include PDF file attachments. Often the emails are drafted to look like a billing notification or invoice sent by a reputable company. The emails frequently include a PDF file attachment named “invoice” or are labeled with a series of numbers that appear…
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Juice Jacking Malware
It has become increasingly common to see free charging stations offered in airports, hotels, taxis and other public areas. These public charging stations seem like a great amenity especially when you’re out on the go, but these charging stations make you vulnerable to cyberattacks. Hackers compromise USB ports and charging cables with malware that infect…
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Pig Butchering
Hackers are making billions off an absolutely evil, if not diabolical, scam called Pig Butchering. The name is awful, but the scam is even worse.