Guest post by Scott Augenbaum CyberCriminal Tuesday Avoiding cyber crime. Hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I refer to the Tuesday after CyberMonday as CyberCriminal Tuesday. The following are a number of tips to help you stay safe this holiday season. I am so grateful that after my career with the FBI I can do […]
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It seems like scams are everywhere. From pop-ups on websites to texts on your phone, scams come in every form. But you don’t have to be a victim. We’ve given you helpful tips before for how to avoid being a victim of a phishing emails. They’re a great guideline for other forms of scams. Stop
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Trending What’s come across our desks this week for scams? Well, according to the Customer Support team for PC Matic, these are the most frequent. There are two companies in particular we’re seeing scams pop up. Garmin and Netgear customers are finding their way to fraudulent support sites. Additionally, router support scams are on the
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Another scam posing as PC Matic We all know how many scams are going on out there. PC Matic does its part to proactively warn our customers about the scams we see involving our name. This one came in yesterday, and we wanted to talk about it. Just looking at the email above, there are
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A breakdown of FTC reported frauds The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) encourages all of us to report fraud. Each year they compile a list and crunch the numbers of all reported incidents. The results from 2019 are in. For the full report, click here. The numbers In 2019, over 3 million reports of fraud were
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I was scammed, let me tell you how I handled it… There are so many benefits to working at PC Matic. One of my favorites, however, is the wealth of information that I have at my disposal every day. I try to share a lot of that with you. Before Christmas, we published a blog
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Antivirus companies have been the target of scammers for quite some time now. The primary reason being, customers trust their security solution vendor. Therefore, if you call, who you think is your antivirus solution, and they want remote access to your PC, you’ll likely give it to them. Big mistake. How are they doing this?
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Scammers Call Offering Fraudulent Refunds There have been several reports lately regarding people receiving phone calls from individuals claiming to work for their security solution provider. Not only do they work for your trusted security company, but they’re offering you major refunds! But don’t get too excited — it’s a scam. These hackers are calling, asking for
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Tech Scammers Call Offering Fraudulent Refunds There have been several reports lately regarding phone calls people have been receiving from individuals claiming to work for “a security company” who is going out of business. Therefore, they’re claiming this company owes the individual a refund. Although, we all know, there is no refund. They simply want
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Harris County of Texas Falls for Phishing Scam Hackers are ruthless. I mean ruthless. Just weeks after Hurricane Harvey, a hacker sent an email to the Harris County auditor’s office claiming to be a contractor who was due for payment. The email claimed they were working on restoring damaged parking lots, cleaning up debris, and
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