Meta has launched its latest legal effort to stamp out scammers seeking to dupe people via its platforms, with a new federal lawsuit in California against a group that had been conducting phishing attacks designed to trick users into sharing their login credentials via fake login pages for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp. As explained…
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By Mark Hunter1 day agoMon Dec 20 2021 13:01:07 Reading Time: 2 minutes A BBC report on a New York Bitcoin mining facility has been used by Bitcoin mining scammers The B2C Mining Telegram group edited the report to make it look like it was about their supposed facility Victims have lose life savings in…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Many crypto users have, knowingly or unknowingly, received a scam airdrop in their time Sometimes a scam airdrop can be a dusting attack or just a marketing attempt You are duty bound to pay tax on a scam airdrop, but how much you pay is up to you Crypto airdrops can…
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Meta is taking legal action against the bad actors who allegedly impersonated Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram to conduct a phishing scam. The company claims that since 2019, the defendants created over 39,000 websites in an attempt to replicate Meta’s services, subsequently deceiving users and collecting their login information. In the post on its blog,…
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Organizers of an NFT project backed by rapper 6ix9ine have been accused of scamming fans who purchased tokens out of thousands of dollars and not following through on promises made. 6ix9ine, who was actively involved in promoting the NFT project on social media and other platforms, has distanced himself from the project. According to a…
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