• Spotting scams online: Some helpful tips from Cash App

    Cash App shares their top tips to prevent your money from being stolen.

  • Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’

    Exclusive: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggestsMore than 800,000 people in Europe and the US appear to have been duped into sharing card details and other sensitive personal data with a vast network of fake online designer shops apparently operated from China.An international investigation by the Guardian, Die Zeit and Le Monde gives a rare inside look at the mechanics of what the UK’s Chartered Trading...

  • Singapore Launches Innovative Approach to Combat Online Misinformation: No Place For Scam Texts

    A new WhatsApp scam prompted Singapore to be more vigilant when it comes to scam texts. With Catos, online forms of misinformation, deepfakes, and other variations of harm have no place to thrive.

  • A third of online shoppers admit being scammed on second-hand marketplaces in the past two years, report claims

    A third of online shoppers have been scammed on second-hand marketplaces in the past two years, a report claims. (Stock Image)

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    Eye on Scams: Social media scams

    Many small businesses utilize social media to get the word out about their products. Unfortunately, many scammers also use social media to take advantage of people online.

  • Best new online casinos in 2024 – Online casino guide for UK players

    New casino sites in the UK appear with predictable regularity, but which casino site is really worth your time and provides great value for money? We took a look at some of the top contenders on th

  • When Online Content Disappears

    A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.

  • SEXTORTION SCAMS 3

    Mike Prado, Deputy Assistant Director of the Homeland Security Investigations Cyber Crimes Center, in his office in Fairfax, Va., on Dec. 7, 2023. Prado works in a Homeland Security unit

  • How online learning stacks up

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    Grandmother scams the phone scammer

    DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- The person trying to scam an older adult over the phone received a surprise. Donna Saltzman, 92, turned the tables on a telephone scammer. In a video posted by her granddaughter, Saltzman is seen speaking to con artists over the phone, ultimately wasting their time from other individuals. Saltzman says she []

  • How to Block Companies From Tracking You Online

    Services like TikTok and Facebook can track you even if you don't have an account with them. Here's how to see what they're up to.

  • How do we protect teenagers from sextortion scams?

    Murray Dowey, a 16-year-old from Dunblane, was targeted by a sextortion scammer in the hours before he took his own life. Now his parents are raising awareness of this increasingly prevalent crime. Libby Brooks reportsOn the evening of 29 December, 16-year-old Murray Dowey was with his family in their home in Dunblane, Scotland. As they sat together watching TV, Murray talked about saving up money for a summer holiday with his friends.At about 9.30pm, he went up to his bedroom. Continue reading