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Fortnite players are warned to remain vigilant online by Epic Games this week after a number of players lose their personal information to scammers. Fortnite is a free-to-play game but offers layers the change to make in-game microtransaction purchases on skins and cosmetics, opening an avenue for exploitation from scammers. Epic Games issued an urgent warning for players to […]
GETTY Customers are often lured in by very cheap rates – only to find the costs soaring with added extras Scams can include billing for non-existent damage, dramatically overcharging for repairs and slapping on a premium for fuel if cars are not returned without a completely full tank. Rory Boland, Which? Travel editor, warned: “Unfortunately, […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | RiverNorthPhotography) Eight months ago, Panera Bread was notified of a security flaw that was leaking customer information to anyone who knew where to look for it. But the company failed to fix the flaw until this week after the breach was made public in a report suggesting that it affected […]
With a recent Travel Republic survey having found that 93 per cent of Britons repeat the same holidays, travellers are flocking to the same destinations year on year. Having highlighted which restaurants are ‘safe’ or which offer the most similarity to menus back in the UK, certain areas in Europe are always densely populated. As […]
EastEnder’s Kat Moon (played by Jessie Wallace) will embark on a new business venture following the disaster that was her memorial fundraiser. Last week, a scheming Big Mo (Laila Morse) tried to con Walford residents out of their money by pretending Kat had died to make a quick buck. But when Kat turned up at […]
Martin Lewis, 45, appeared on Good Morning Britain today and warned viewers to look out for Facebook Bitcoin scams involving his name. The money saving expert has been plagued by fake scams in the past, and has now had to speak out about another. He said: “There’s another plague of Facebook ads with me in […]
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Security analysts at the US technology corporation Cisco have exposed a bitcoin phishing scam, which involves web resources disguising themselves as one of the world’s most popular online wallets, Blockchain.info. Cisco has been investigating the case over the past six months in partnership with Ukrainian Cyber-police, according to the firm’s security experts Dave Maynor and […]
Enlarge / Bitcoin and cash. (credit: Thomas Trutschel / Getty Images News) The Securities and Exchange Commission has shut down an initial coin offering for a little-known cryptocurrency project called AriseBank. Organizers claimed to have raised $ 600 million for the project—though we haven’t been able to find independent confirmation of this figure. The project […]
A cryptocurrency startup, which promised to revolutionize the fruit and vegetable industry, has apparently pulled an exit scam, shutting down its website and leaving only the word “penis” to greet duped investors. Prodeum – an ICO (Initial Coin Offering) built on Ethereum – was exposed as a scam after all data was removed from its […]
