September 27, 2019

Match knowingly puts people at risk from scammers, FTC charges

Match.com allegedly put users on its free version at risk - by not filtering out communications that it knew were from fake accounts.

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September 25, 2019

Twitter’s new policy bans financial scams

“Oh no! However shall I give away Bitcoin to all my followers?” sobbed a bunch of crooks.

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September 24, 2019

Facebook has booted tens of thousands of data-grabbing apps

400 developers have been naughty with user data, noncompliant with policy, and/or have ignored Facebook's audit, it says.

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September 13, 2019

Leaky database full of Groupon emails turns out to belong to crooks

Crooks made bogus accounts to buy tickets with fake credit cards, resold them to unsuspecting buyers, and left the database-o-fraud wide open.

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September 05, 2019

Scammers deepfake CEO’s voice to talk underling into $243,000 transfer

The voice had the hint of a German accent and the same “melody” that an employee recognized in his boss's voice.

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August 28, 2019

Romance scams – 80 people charged with ripping off millions of dollars

The $6m scam targeted women worldwide and victimized more than a dozen companies.

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August 01, 2019

North Carolina county falls for BEC scam, to the tune of $1,728,083

The county could only claw back some of the $2,504,601 it paid to a scammer posing as a contractor working on building a new high school.

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June 27, 2019

FTC crackdown targets operators behind 1 billion robocalls

It's a drop in the “4.7 billion robocalls placed per month” bucket, but hey, it's better than nothing!

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June 10, 2019

Online shops fear 2FA at checkout will increase abandoned carts

A report says the EU will lose $64b per year once new 2FA rules go into effect, but we support Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) wholeheartedly.

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