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While most sponsored ads are legitimate, some aren’t. Just as real, trustworthy businesses can purchase sponsored ads to boost their content in your search results or social media feeds, so too can ...
Medicare scams cost $54 billion in 2024 as fraudsters target beneficiaries with fake calls demanding payments and personal ...
What would your child do if a message popped up during their favorite game or while scrolling a video app saying, “Win a ...
Sponsored content is everywhere online. From the top results of your search engine to the tempting deal you scrolled past on social media — it’s hard to avoid.
Scammers now send unexpected packages with QR codes that redirect victims to fraudulent websites or download malicious ...
Watch out for quishing, or phishing through dodgy QR codes, the latest scam catching people unawares - costing some thousands ...
An alarming growth in “trusted government agency/entity” scams has occurred over the last four years, now with a new “money ...
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CBS 8 is Working for You to reveal how fake dog breeders stole a Massachusetts man's identity to scam families across the ...
PayPal users are being targeted by a sophisticated new email scam that is proving to be incredibly difficult to spot. This ...
The PIB Fact Check team has confirmed that an SMS from India Post is a scam and issued a clear warning via X (formerly ...
Technology has supercharged age-old fraud. AI makes deception virtually indistinguishable from reality, crypto enables anonymous theft, and the remote-work era expands opportunities to trick people.