The tech giant says the pandemic has led to an explosion of phishing attacks in which criminals try to trick users into revealing personal data. The company said it was blocking more than 100 million phishing emails a day. Over the past week, almost a fifth...
Between Saturday 11 April and Tuesday 14 April 2020, Action Fraud received 23 reports of phishing emails that purported to be sent from HMRC. The emails stated that the recipient was eligible to receive a tax refund of up to £775.80. To complete the refund, recipients...
A sextortion phishing scam, first identified by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) in July 2018, continues to be reported to Action Fraud in high numbers. So far this month, Action Fraud has received 9,473 reports of this email scam, with 200 reports made...
Several Twitter users have reported they’ve lost money after hackers hijacked their Nintendo accounts. After receiving an email alerting an unknown IP address logging into their accounts, users some users found that a linked credit card or PayPal account was been used...
Action Fraud have received reports of #COVID19 related scams. The majority relate to the online sale of protective items such as facemasks and other items in short supply due to the outbreak, that don’t exist.. What scams are we seeing? The majority of reports...
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