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Anatomy of a scam – The “Stranded Traveller”
Tweet At Scam Detectives HQ we’re always keen to help a friend in trouble. If they really are in trouble [...]
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Want to launch a Nuke? There’s an app for that!
Tweet iPhone users have long relied upon applications to make sure they wake up on time, check their email, book [...]
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Why we didn’t respond to your “Hey! Scam Detectives! This website’s a scam…” email
Tweet At Scam Detectives HQ we often receive emails reporting a website as a scam. Many of these emails are [...]
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The Scam Detectives Business Challenge!
Tweet Following up from yesterday’s quiz, find out how much you know about the risks facing your business from scammers, [...]
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Equal liability: Can you get your money back?
Tweet So, you’ve just bought a pair of tickets for a fantastic music festival. You’ve been wanting to see the [...]
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Tsunami scammers will even take a child’s pocket money.
Tweet At Scam Detectives HQ we hate charity scammers with a passion. So when we received this email purporting to [...]
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Do you use a “security token” to log in to your online banking? Read on!
Tweet Do you use something that looks like this to log into online banking, Paypal or your Company’s Virtual Private [...]
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How much info are you sharing on Twitter?
Tweet We all share more about our daily lives on Twitter, Facebook and other social networking websites than ever before. [...]
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Beware “Customer Service Number” premium rate ripoff
Tweet This isn’t technically a “scam” by the strictest definition, but it’s definitely a ripoff and you should beware of [...]
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