Jun 5, 2018 | Scams and Frauds
by Brian O’Connell The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning “any owner of small office and home office routers” of a dangerous new malware hack called VPNFilter, which has infected 500,000 routers in 54 countries. The VPNFilter hack prevents users...
Oct 24, 2017 | Scams and Frauds
Watch Out For This New Amazon Phishing/Phone Password Scam Amazon has detected an unauthorized spoof email that claims there was an attempt to reset the recipient’s Amazon account password. A six digit code is provided along with instructions to call a phone...
Aug 29, 2017 | Scams and Frauds
The IRS is warning against a new phishing scam that encourages you to download an FBI questionnaire. If you click the link, your computer will be infected with Ransomware. Be cautious; the scam email uses the emblems of both the IRS and the Federal Bureau of...
Jul 31, 2017 | Scams and Frauds
by Andrew Johnson Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC No Such thing as a Federal Student Tax. Imposters posing as IRS agents are trying to trick college students into paying a “federal student tax” – a tax that doesn’t...
Jul 11, 2017 | Scams and Frauds
According to the Federal Trade Commission, the agency received more than 400,000 complaints in 2016 from consumers reporting they were victims of impersonation scams. One of the most common is called the “Grandparent Scam,” which uses impersonation tactics to...
Jul 7, 2017 | News You Can Use, Scams and Frauds
July 6, 2017 by Lisa Lake Consumer Education Specialist, FTC Scammers are creative, cunning and cruel – and they often mix in a little truth to spice up their big lies. This scheme shows just how low they can go. Government imposters claiming to be with the...
