Topic
Scams
182 published works
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #368 – Delivery Drivers and Restaurants Targeted by Scams
It is so convenient now to order food from restaurants and have it delivered right to your door with delivery services like DoorDash and Uber Eats. Restaurants and delivery drivers…
Shufti Pro Blog
Experts Warn that Scammers are Exploiting EU Users on Meta’s Threads
By Richard M.
Meta’s Threads app has become the newest platform for cyber scammers to commit identity theft, create counterfeit cryptocurrency and exploit EU social media users. Meta recently launched the Twitter clone…
Bright Law Blog
Disrupting scams and online fraud
As announced in the Federal Budget, the Government’s funding to combat scams and online fraud will include establishing the National Anti-Scam Centre (NASC) within the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #361 – Beware of ChatGPT-Themed Scams
Researchers at Meta, the owner of Facebook, released a report this week which indicated that since March 2023, Meta “has blocked and shared with our industry peers more than 1,000…
Shufti Pro Blog
Australians Lost a Record Amount of Over $3 Billion to Scams in 2022
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) revealed that Aussies lost more than $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, higher than the $2 billion reported in 2021. The Targeting Scams…
The Right Coast
City of Newark falls for Sister City scam: “Whose job was it to do a simple Google search?” – CBS New York
NEWARK, N.J. -- The city of Newark is admitting it got scammed.It was about to become a Sister City with a Hindu nation, but there was one problem -- the…
California Corporate & Securities Law Blog
DFPI Announces Launch Of "Crypto Scam Tracker"
Last week, the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation announced that it has launched a "Crypto Scam Tracker". According to the DFPI, the Crypto Scam Tracker is "a database…
Steimle Birschbach Blog
Beware of Scams!
By: Attorney Alison C. Petri You hear about it all the time and don’t think it will happen to you but what should you do if you or your loved…
InfoTrack Twenty
Common end-of-year scams your law firm should watch out for
The end-of-year holiday season always brings an increase in scams, and law firms are not immune to this phenomenon. When there is an increase in online shopping, charitable donations, and…
Shufti Pro Blog
Aussies Bombarded With Scams in 2022 – ACCC Report
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reported Aussies as the top target of scammers, with $526,292,444 lost to fraud, in the year 2022. According to the ACCC’s Scamwatch, more…