Watch out for fake QR codes – criminals can clone a QR code or they can place their own QR codes over legitimate ones. @Sophos have created a free app called ‘Sophos Mobile Security’ that will scan QR codes and tell you if the site they’re sending you to is safe or not.
Tag: online fraud
Stay Safe Online Facebook Marketplace Fake Buyer
What to do if someone offers to collect something via ‘UPS’ and wants you to pay insurance first?
From being delighted in getting a sale, I then felt very let down, ashamed that I hadn’t been suspicious to start with, and that I hadn’t spotted the gmail email address, and angry that I had given away personal information. And disappointed that I didn’t really have a sale.
Stay Safe Online – hosting your website; speed up your computer; watch out for fake Post Office parcel delivery texts
Website design, hosting and domain name registration, all in one place, one local phone call away; speed up your computer, explaining the difference between hard disk memory and RAM and; watch out for fake Post Office parcel delivery texts that can capture personal information that can be used for identity fraud.
Stay Safe Online – Nuisance Phone Calls, Bogus emails and Online Scams
Stay Safe Online If you are self-employed, it’s that time of year when self-assessment tax returns are due – but watch out for bogus emails, purported to be from HMRC, offering tax rebates, threatening penalties for tax evasion, or asking for personal or payment information.