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Home » Keywords: » scams

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7 deadly NFT scams that are targeting brands

Yoav Keren
June 7, 2022

Learn about seven significant non-fungible token (NFT) cybersecurity risks that security leaders must be aware of.



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Hackers compromise NFT Discord channels

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Maria Henriquez
May 19, 2022

Hackers exploited a popular Discord bot to deceive users into clicking malicious links inside Discord servers of several popular nonfungible tokens (NFT) projects.


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Europol arrests 100+ individuals over multi-million call center scam

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Maria Henriquez
March 30, 2022

With the support of Europol, law enforcement agencies in Latvia and Lithuania detained over 100 people suspected of defrauding victims across the world in an international call center scam. 


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Making sure customers’ voices are heard — and scammers’ voices are silenced

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Collin Davis
August 31, 2021

Any organization handling personally identifiable information through an IVR or contact center must secure its systems and implement proper risk management protocols. If they don’t, they and their customers may well suffer severe financial and reputational damage in the years to come.


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Crypto mining scams targeting tens of thousands of victims using hundreds of android apps

July 7, 2021

Lookout, Inc. announced the discovery of major crypto mining scams using hundreds of Android apps. In total, security researchers at the Lookout Threat Lab identified more than 170 apps that are estimated to have scammed more than 93,000 victims.


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FBI sees record complaints for online scams and investment fraud

May 19, 2021

The FBI says that complaints concerning online scams and investment fraud have now reached a record-breaking level. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received its six millionth complaint on May 15. It took nearly seven years for the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) to log its first million complaints. It took only 14 months to add the most recent million. 


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‘Classiscam’ scheme targeting marketplace users through Telegram bot

January 22, 2021
Threat hunting company Group-IB published a report on a new scam scheme that they named “Classiscam.” The report reveals 40 or more groups currently running this scheme across Russia and Europe. The scheme involves a hierarchy of administrators, workers, and callers, who organize their activities through a Telegram bot.
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5 reasons why scams survive, thrive, and succeed

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Stu Sjouwerman
December 29, 2020
Computer fraud, or cyber-scamming, is a multi-billion-dollar industry that affects people and organizations around the world. Since the pandemic started, cybersecurity experts have tracked a 400% rise in online scams. The world is evolving at a rapid pace and with everything getting connected and automated scammers are bound to adapt, thrive and succeed. Let’s understand the top five reasons:
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9 reasons digital fraud is on the rise

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Jordan Reynolds
November 12, 2020

What is causing digital fraud to rise year over year? From current trends and consumer attitudes to technological enhancements and more sophisticated tactics, let’s take a look at the top nine reasons digital fraud is rapidly increasing:


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Americans report 168k imposter scam cases amounting to $300M in losses YTD

October 13, 2020
According to data extracted and analyzed by Atlas VPN, the United States residents reported 168,818 imposter scam cases amounting to $299.9 million in losses in the first half of 2020 with a median loss of $694. That is more than two times less than in H1 2019 when the US consumers reported 355,866 imposter fraud cases.
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