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Online Job Scams on the Rise Job seeking has changed significantly over the last 20 years. Most people used to consult a newspaper when looking for a new job. But nowadays, almost all of our employment seeking begins online, with sites like LinkedIn, Indeed, and CareerBuilder posting thousands of job listings online daily. When you’re […]
The Digital Age and Money Laundering Scams The internet is fast becoming a favored place for the criminals of the world to launder their dirty money. These criminals use online hacker forums to anonymously exchange tips on the best ways to change dirty money into usable clean cash. Some of their money laundering methods relies […]
Information About Online Scams and How They Work Online Scams Online scams are the 21st century version of bank robberies. Nowadays the risks a thief takes by walking into a bank with a gun, heavily outweigh the rewards. The combination of bulletproof glass, silent alarms, and multiple levels of redundancy equal jail time much more […]
Tips to Avoid Online Car Scams When Buying or Selling Buying and selling cars online has become much more popular in recent years, as peer reviews, detailed history reports and almost any other information you may need is now readily available. However, with the exchange of large sums of money online comes the added risk […]
SCAMMERS GETTING CAUGHT! Scams make news. We feel drawn to read about the misfortunes of others and share their sadness. In comparison with successful scams, arrests and prosecutions are rare, but when they do happen, most of us are delighted! It is always gratifying to read that a Scammer has been caught and convicted. Here […]
SOFTWARES AND SOFT WORDS – CYBERCRIME AS A TECHNICAL AND SOCIAL PHENOMENON PART 4: COMMON SENSE – THE WAY TO A SAFE VIRTUAL LIFE In these articles we have discussed the two feet that cybercrime stands on. We have demonstrated that they work together, and one could not function without the other. The technology makes […]
SOFTWARES AND SOFT WORDS – CYBERCRIME AS A TECHNICAL AND SOCIAL PHENOMENON PART 3: SOFT WORDS – THE CRIMINALS AS SOCIAL ENGINEERS In the previous part we have established that the software the criminals use, while efficient, are not necessarily very complicated. The idea of an omnipotent hacker being able to break any laws of […]
SOFTWARES AND SOFT WORDS – CYBERCRIME AS A TECHNICAL AND SOCIAL PHENOMENON PART 2: SOFTWARE – THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND ONLINE CRIMES We could simplify the subject of these articles by saying that phishing scams, and online scams in general, stand on two feet: the technological foot and the social foot. The former is needed for […]
They Don’t Disappear After Stealing Your Money Think a Scammer will flee once he has your money? Think again! What’s the difference between a Mugger and a Scammer? The Mugger hopes that you will never see him again. The Scammer hopes to be with you for life. You will probably receive their emails with monotonous […]
SOFTWARES AND SOFT WORDS – CYBERCRIME AS A TECHNICAL AND SOCIAL PHENOMENON PART 1: ON MUGGERS AND HACKERS “Phishing attack hits Twitter” “Hackers go after Google users in advanced phishing attack” “Bank of America, Chase Bank warning customers of email phishing schemes” “Hackers Amass Over a Billion Internet Passwords” The above headlines are something you […]