Scam

Some Australians are receiving emails offering a $50 incentive to fill in a survey, triggering a debate on social media about its authenticity. The email, with…

A Dutch court has ruled that Facebook can be required to use filter technologies to identify and pre-emptively take down fake ads linked to crypto currency…

Ever stay in an Airbnb listing that lacked a trash bin? A kitchen light? Running water? But one which had ample broken beer bottles littering the balcony,…

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday announced that it’s fining the founders of a “worthless cryptocurrency” that ran a $4.25m,…

As Henry Lau slept on Oct. 15, hackers quietly took control of the ads manager page for his Facebook account. By 6:15 a.m. PT, Facebook had approved a…

ANDROID phone owners are being warned over a dangerous new Bitcoin scam that steals your money. The scam is built into dodgy apps built by criminals, which…

Computerized auto dialers deliver pre-recorded phone calls with 60 billion expected in 2019 alone. Here’s how to handle robocalls. 5 ways to block spam calls…

After launching an anti-bullying feature called Restrict, Instagram has now announced that it will now actively help users identify phishing scams. The tool…

Hundreds of thousands of users bought a Match.com subscription to uncover the contents of a message that was actually a scam, the Federal Trade Commission…

Google has said it is “working diligently” to fix a major bug that allows hackers to hijack a person’s Google Calendar through unwanted email invites. The…