Banco Santander is to stop bank transfers for Facebook Marketplace payments in cases where a customer has not seen the item in person. The move comes as Santander customers have lost nearly £6.5 million so far this year to Facebook Marketplace scams, an increase of almost 50% over the…
The Many Facets of “Identity” | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
Transcript Perlman: I’m going to talk about identity, which is a buzzword. I hate buzzwords, because people think that they’re conveying information when they say I do identity. It’s like, there are so many pieces of it. This talk will explain all the various pieces, or a lot of them,…
People are losing more money to scammers than ever before. Here’s how to keep yourself safe | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
NEW YORK (AP) — With the help of technology, scammers are tricking Americans out of more money than ever before. But there are steps you can take to keep your money and information safe. In 2022, reported consumer losses to fraud totaled $8.8 billion — a 30 percent increase from…
Clear Sparrow’s Kirsty Barany is using BSV blockchain to make online dating safe again | #lovescams | #datingapps
width=”560″ height=”315″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=”allowfullscreen”> There are over 320 million people on online dating apps today, and this number is growing faster than ever as Internet penetration continues to rise. In the U.S., over one in three couples in the past three years say they met online. However, despite this growth, online dating…
Sextortion, blockchain blunder, and an OpenSSL bugfix [Podcast + Transcript] – Naked Security | #lovescams | #datingapps
With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin. DOUG. More extortion scams, more crypto theft, and a bugfix for a bugfix. All that more on the Naked Security podcast. [MUSICAL MODEM] Welcome to the podcast, everybody. I am Doug Aamoth, and he is Paul Ducklin. Paul, how do you do? DUCK. I am super-duper,…