Online scams are becoming more dangerous and convincing every day. Cybercriminals are finding new ways to gain not just your login credentials but full control of your computer and your bank accounts.
If you’re thinking, If you’ve seen one PayPal scam, you’ve seen them all, think again. As people become more savvy to online scams, bad actors keep scheming new ways to catch us off guard. Trust us ...
If you think you’ve seen every trick in a scammer’s playbook, cybercriminals have just added a fresh new chapter. This time, they’re coming for your PayPal account with a devilishly clever trick that ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Jan. 11, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 9 ...
In a world where digital deception is as common as pigeons in a city square, urgent emails from familiar names like PayPal or the Crypto wallet website MetaMask might seem like something you should ...
About a month ago, I received a scam email that almost tricked me. It purported to be from PayPal, alerting me to an almost $1,000 charge that was “logged to a new profile.” The message implied that ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A local man lost $50,000 to scammers after getting a fake email from people pretending to be from PayPal. Scammers are sending emails that may look like they are coming from PayPal, ...
You can usually spot scam emails through the sender information—not who’s listed in the From field, but what the message actually says. A legitimate email originates from servers tied to the site’s ...