Scammers have used WhatsApp to trick people into handing over personal information by tempting them with bogus supermarket vouchers. The messenger app was used to send fake vouchers to people,…
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Art galleries targeted by cyber-thieves
Cyber-criminals appear to be targeting art galleries and dealers with an email scam that has already fooled some organisations. The attackers broke into art dealer email accounts and sent buyers…
Google and Facebook duped in huge 'scam'
By Chris Baraniuk, Technology reporter Google and Facebook have confirmed that they fell victim to an alleged $100m (£77m) scam. In March, it was reported that a Lithuanian man had…
Fraudsters target universities in pay rise scam
We’re urging university staff to take preventative action following more than 100 reports from victims receiving bogus pay rise emails. Phishing emails claiming to be from university HR departments are…
Webcam blackmail cases have doubled, police say
The suicides of four British men in the last year have been linked to so-called “sextortion”, police say. The number of people reporting webcam blackmails has more than doubled from…
'How I caught my online scammer – and Facebooked his mum'
A cybersecurity researcher living in Austria who was scammed out of $500 (£375) says his money was returned after he tracked down the scammer’s family and contacted them on Facebook.…