Saving Money / Savings Advice fizkes / Getty Images/iStockphoto Owned by Facebook, WhatsApp is a popular messaging tool worldwide with over two billion users. It’s the second-most downloaded app behind Facebook. As with all popular platforms and apps, there is danger lurking in the form of fraudsters and thieves. While…
The dating app profile has a photo of a gym flex while the job field has only the elusive “crypto” as an answer. While it may sound like the much less luxe start of Netflix (NFLX) – Get Netflix Inc. Report‘s “Tindler Swindler,” online scams are often easier to recognize after the…
Henriette Schmuhl never thought she’d be the face of the scammed. After all, the North Aurora woman has a degree in finance and spent most of a long and successful career in corporate credit management. Yet here she is, at age 74, a year into retirement and weeks after some…
There are six types of scams namely Macau Scam, e-commerce crimes, non-existent loans, non-existent investments, 419 scams or love scams and phishing. — AFP pic Friday, 05 Aug 2022 7:05 PM MYT KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — A total of 11,367 cases of cybercrime were reported from January to July…
Email scammers sent an Uber to the home of an 80-year-old woman who responded to a well-timed email scam, in a bid to make sure she went to the bank and wired money to the fraudsters. In this case, the woman figured out she was being scammed before embarking for…
Compiled by C. ARUNO, BENJAMIN LEE and R. ARAVINTHAN FISH Leong (pic) is devoting much effort to learning to be a mentor on Sing! China in her debut on the popular singing competition, reported China Press. The Negri Sembilan-born, Taiwan-based singer told reporters that she feels stressed by the task…
There’s a dangerous new PayPal scam making the rounds. This one almost got me — and I cover scams for a living. It’s a phishing scam that baits customers with a real invoice sent directly from PayPal. That’s right, PayPal is enabling this ruse on its own site. Phishing involves…
You’ve probably heard this. You need to create multiple income opportunities if you want to get rich. The problem: Starting a business is difficult, especially if you have a regular job. Luckily, you don’t need to launch a business or take up two jobs to increase your income. Thanks to…
I have been out of the dating scene for a solid decade, and certainly don’t envy folks who are out there trying to navigate the dating app scene. It seems REALLY overwhelming with a side of nerve-wracking. How can you be sure that someone is who they say they are?…
Tinder to Metaverse: It’s not you, it’s me. No really, it’s me, I messed up so badly it hurts. Tinder’s foray into the Metaverse has stalled, as the company swipes left on dating in the virtual world. Tinder is a vexing app. On one hand, it is full of scams…
