A new phishing scam targeting mobile devices was observed using a “never-before-seen” obfuscation method to hide links to spoofed United States Postal Service (USPS) pages inside PDF files, Zimperium reported Monday. The method manipulates elements of the Portable Document Format (PDF) to make clickable URLs appear invisible to both the user and mobile security systems, … Read more
A federal grand jury has indicted a 51-year-old church pastor on 26 counts of fraud, after allegedly using his position to deceive victims into investing in a cryptocurrency investment scam. That in itself would seem unusual, but what is even more bizarre is that the the pastor alleged to be behind the scheme claims that … Read more
Branden Lathan considered himself a savvy businessman. He’d invested in real estate and ecommerce side businesses. By day, he works as a cybersecurity professional. Recently, however, Lathan lost $56,000 to an ecommerce scheme that allegedly defrauded its customers of at least $25 million, according to a lawsuit filed in September by the Federal Trade Commission. … Read more
Scammers have leapt at the opportunity to exploit vulnerable UK residents by sending bogus messages telling them they need to take action to receive help with their winter heating bills. In July, the UK’s new Labour Government announced that it was limiting who was eligible for assistance with their winter fuel bills by making eligibility … Read more
But Freeman ruled that “May suffered economic harm because of third-party scammers’ fraudulent inducement, not Google’s omission or misrepresentation.” Additionally, May failed to show that Google had any duty to refund customers, after Google cited Target and Walmart policies to show that it’s common to refuse refunds. Scam victims did not use gift card “as … Read more
