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…
New quickfire Facebook Marketplace scam targets people using PayPal | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
A “quick fire” scam is taking on a life of its own, with fraudsters using a dodgy tactic. Photo / 123rf The latest quickfire scam is running rife on online marketplaces, with con artists targeting people who are buying and selling things on the internet. After Paige Hinson and her…
Beware of this latest phishing attack disguised as an official email sent by Google | #lovescams | #datingapps
Remember when we talked about how those sneaky phishing attacks are becoming more common? Well, this time, it looks like Google users might be the target. We haven’t seen this one before. While this email uses the Google logo and initially feels legitimate, it’s not. This is another example of…
Lured on dating apps and social media, Asian Americans are crypto scammers’ latest target | #lovescams | #datingapps
Tsai would soon learn Jimmy wasn’t who he said he was, and that the account he’d helped her create was connected to a bogus site he controlled. Tsai would go on to lose $2.5 million to a sophisticated type of romance scam that has entrapped thousands of people around the…