Categories: News Tags: scam Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: sale Tags: selling Tags: bank transfer Tags: app Tags: phone Tags: mobile Tags: social media We take a look at reports of scammers using fake bank transfer apps to make it look as though they’ve bought your for-sale item. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: SIM Tags: network Tags: card Tags: identity Tags: phone Tags: registration Tags: privacy We take a look at a story involving the requirement for ID when buying a SIM card, as a method for combating spam. |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 17:15:09 +0000
We take a look at a scam attempt which makes great use of the fraudulent bank payment phone call. Here’s what to look out for.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 09:34:19 +0000
It’s reported that Ukrainian security services have shut down a bot farm that was spreading disinformation.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 21:41:16 +0000
We take a look at some big fines for cold-callers penalised for hundreds of thousands of unwanted calls.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 12:12:23 +0000
Meet Lenny, the voice chatbot that can be used against telemarketers and phone scammers.
Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| We take a look at some of the safe ways to waste a spammer’s time, whether by email or telephone. Categories: Tags: chatbot appemailmailphoneRobokillerscammerspamspammertelemarketerstelephone call |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:27:39 +0000
It makes sense to assess risks and carefully craft a protection strategy before adopting mobile device usage at work.
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