FBI Warns of QR Code Phishing
Quick response codes, also called QR codes, have exploded in popularity during the pandemic. Many restaurants and shops started using the contactless tool to let people look at menus and…
Watch Out for These Top Holiday Shopping Scams
Holiday shopping is in full swing, and there will be plenty of talk about porch pirates. While it’s estimated that over 35 million Americans have been victims with losses of…
Social Media Oversharing Leads to More Sophisticated Scams and Phishing
Phishing emails filled with typos from Nigerian princes who promised millions of dollars tricked plenty of people in the past, but now these scams are a punchline. Scammers have had…
The Top Scams of the Year
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed the top scams of the year. They received over 4.7 million consumer reports and complaints, and nearly half of those were fraud. Of those…
Romance Scams
One of the fastest growing scams in the United States are romance scams. In fact, consumers reported losing a record 304 million dollars last year, which is up 50 percent…
COVID-19 Vaccine Selfie Scam
There are photos all over social media of people celebrating getting the COVID-19 Vaccine… but those selfies are putting their personal information at risk and are making them the target…