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Business scams 101: Common schemes and how to avoid them

Scams like phishing and business identity theft are rising fast, with businesses losing billions. Protect your company by ...
JD Supra

Trademark Trickery: Scams Are Surging—What Trademark Owners Should Watch Out For

Trademark scams are on the rise and include increasingly varied communications attempting to trick trademark applicants and registrants into paying fees. If you receive any communications regarding ...
CNET

Is That Call, Text or Email Real? Here’s How to Identify Scams

A suspicious username, often similar to a real username (like “contact12” for a scammer impersonating a company’s customer ...
Yahoo

What's a smishing text? See examples as scam text messages target people over unpaid tolls

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People nationwide are being alerted of an ongoing text message scam in which recipients receive fake text messages claiming they ...
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Fake NRMA-style scam triggers fresh warning for Aussies: 'Immediately report it'

Cyber-criminals are going to great lengths to impersonate big brands, including the NRMA, delivering sophisticated phishing campaigns designed to pressure Australians into handing over personal and ...
Forbes

Scams In The Digital Era: How Technology Is Changing Fraud

A woman in France struck up what she thought was an online relationship with a famous actor. Only after she had sent over $850,000 to “Brad” did she discover she’d been duped by ...
Consumer Reports

Text Message Scam Attempts Have Increased by 50 Percent, a Consumer Reports Survey Finds

Text message scam attempts have increased by 50 percent in the past year, with young adults experiencing the sharpest rise of any age group. That’s one of several important findings in the 2025 Cyber ...
Pew Research Center

Online Scams and Attacks in America Today

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ experiences with and views of online scams and attacks. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,397 adults from April 14 to 20, 2025.
Tech Digest

Which? Scam Alerts: 5 Biggest Scams of the last 5 years

From fake NHS Covid tests to QR code parking scams, Which? has exposed hundreds of scams to help you stay one step ahead of the scammers…. In response to this worrying trend, Which? launched a free ...
CNET

Is That Link Actually Spam? Here's How to Tell

Geoff Williams is a journalist and author. His byline has appeared in numerous publications, including U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo Finance, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, LIFE magazine ...
TechRepublic

ChatGPT Criminals: AI Scams Target Dating and Legal Impersonators

OpenAI says scammers are using ChatGPT to commit romance scams and impersonate law firms. Learn the fastest verification steps to avoid AI-assisted fraud. Generative AI is making old scams feel new ...