How to Avoid Sneaky Cyber Monday Scams
Photo: Natee Meepian (Shutterstock) It’s nearly Black Friday and Cyber Monday—that beautiful time of the year when Americans forego their normal, sensible fiscal concerns and embrace the spirit of debauched…
Zelle Begins Refunding Scam Victims in Major Tone Shift
Zelle, a payments app owned by seven of America’s largest banks, began reimbursing victims of imposter scams on the platform, according to an emailed statement from the company. Early Warning…
Microsoft, Amazon Help India Law Enforcement Bust Call Center Fraudsters
Image: fongbeerredhot (Shutterstock) Calling up an IT department for help can be a frustrating experience—the only thing more frustrating is getting scammed out of money. Microsoft, Amazon, and Indian law…
Whoops: DEA Falls for Crypto Scam, Hands Fraudster $55,000 in Stolen Funds
The same federal agency that once helped bring down the biggest crypto-based dark web drug marketplace Silk Road got swindled by one of the oldest tricks in the crypto scammer…
Trump’s Media Company Wants $3.8 Billion in Lawsuit Against Washington Post
Advertisement Advertisement TMTG, which is owned by former President Donald Trump and is the parent company of his social media platform Truth Social, claimed The Post “published an egregious hit…
Here Are the Top Internet Scams According to the FBI
Image: NICOLAS ASFOURI (Getty Images) There were nearly 22,000 BEC complaints reported last year and the report revealed it accounted for a financial loss of more than $2.7 billion. You…
How shady companies got millions of names for fake anti-net neutrality comments
Entered an online contest lately? Congrats! You could have unwittingly supported the repeal of net neutrality. In 2017, the Trump-era Federal Communications Commission (FCC) solicited public comments over whether it…
Turns out that poop-testing startup was full of it
There was gold in them thar hills of poop, or so the startup uBiome claimed. The Security and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged the founders of uBiome, a bankrupt San…