all good nothing to see here o_0 #bot #scams

The slime also evolves, apparently. Today https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20250416_jevkisca@teksavvy.com_me@pmg-pub-smtp1.teksavvy.com.txt (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20250416_jevkisca@teksavvy.com_me@pmg-pub-smtp1.teksavvy.com_original_base64.txt) inboxed, as far as I can recall the first #wankstortion message received here over #IPv6 (and likely inboxed for that reason, bypassing the IPv4 only #spamd).

See "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html and links therein for some background #cybercrime #scams #sextortion #bitcon #bitcoin #cryptotulips #cryptocurrency #extortion #teksavvy

This number rang me today and told me my immigration details needed updating . wonder who's behind this? ... option to press a number to proceed ... Random humbug #auspol #propaganda #racism #scams #harrassment

“I sent you an email from your email account,” sextortion scam claims https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/04/i-sent-you-an-email-from-your-email-account-sextortion-scam-claims #sextortion #spoofing #Scams #njRAT #News

Do you still need a reason to get rid of your poor choice of car yet? Rest of you, just #BoycottTesla

And keep reading, it gets worse.

> Pluralistic: Tesla accused of hacking odometers to weasel out of warranty repairs (15 Apr 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/15/musklemons/

#swasticar #scams #cons #PieceOfShit

Doge unemployment ‘fraud’ discoveries are old finds from Biden era, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/16/elon-musk-doge-fraud #Trumpadministration #Identityfraud #Unemployment #USpolitics #ElonMusk #USnews #Scams

#SocialMedia
#CentralizedSocialNetwork
#UnfairCompetition
#Irresponsibility
#Fake
#Politicalinfluence
#NationalistPropaganda
#InternationalMarket
#Dishonesty
#Scams
#Lies
#UnfairCompetitionOfAllKinds
#Justice
#RochAliciaMira

Normally, a commercial social network should be neutral in influence and responsible to its users, this is not the case with the popular social networks. Unfair competition of all kinds is present in this story. A social network remains, above all, a means of communication, and including an propaganda on a social network therefore becomes a political weapon and a weapon of unfair competition in the international market. Thank you.

#SocialMedia
#CentralizedSocialNetwork
#UnfairCompetition
#Irresponsibility
#Fake
#Politicalinfluence
#NationalistPropaganda
#InternationalMarket
#Dishonesty
#Scams
#Lies
#UnfairCompetitionOfAllKinds
#Justice
#RochAliciaMira

'You can see the name, date and the balance': Scammers are selling Social Security accounts on the dark web, researcher says — here's what you can do to protect your benefit checks
https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/scammers-selling-social-security-accounts-online-researcher-says-protect-your-benefit-checks
#cybersecurity #SocialSecurity #scams #government #RIFS

Scammers are selling Social Security accounts online, researcher says — how to protect your benefit checks
Once a person has control, they can "funnel the payments" elsewhere.
https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/scammers-selling-social-security-accounts-online-researcher-says-protect-your-benefit-checks
#cybersecurity #SocialSecurity #scams #government #RIFS

#Fraud #QRCodes #Parking #Scam #Fraudulent #Scams #ScamsAndFraud #Technology #SmartPhones #quishing #quishingScam #QRCodeFraud #Cyber #CyberSecurity #cybersecuritynews
Always worth a post when so many scams are out there. Beware QR codes!!!

Organised gangs behind rise in QR 'quishing' scams https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq6yznmv3gzo

Scammers used OpenAI to flood the web with SEO spam (obviously be on the lookout for this bullshit in any sector you can think of, as tons of people will be doing it, especially now)

https://www.404media.co/scammers-used-openai-to-flood-the-web-with-seo-spam

#politics #cryptocurrency #scams #fraud #OnlineSafety

'In case you had any doubts, the golden age of white-collar crime is upon us. The Justice Department announced on Monday that it will stop regulating the digital asset space, instead focusing its efforts on prosecuting crimes that utilize cryptocurrency, like drug and human trafficking.'

https://gizmodo.com/justice-department-says-it-will-pull-back-on-prosecuting-crypto-fraud-2000586428

#scams #fraud #OnlineSafety #influencers

"With online scams growing fast — the FTC says reported scams cost people in the U.S. more than $12.5 billion in 2024, which was a 25% increase on the 2023 figure — it shouldn't be a surprise that opposing them should be big business too. Indeed, this new form of entertainment is enough of a rising tide to lift all boats."

https://mashable.com/article/scam-baiter-youtube-creators

Mashable: Meet the creators who bait scammers for fun and profit . “With online scams growing fast — the FTC says reported scams cost people in the U.S. more than $12.5 billion in 2024, which was a 25% increase on the 2023 figure — it shouldn’t be a surprise that opposing them should be big business too. Indeed, this new form of entertainment is enough of a rising tide to lift all boats.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/09/mashable-meet-the-creators-who-bait-scammers-for-fun-and-profit/

30 Costco Scams Going Around Right Now

https://www.moneytalksnews.com/13-costco-scams-going-around-right-now/ #Costco #Scams #Fraud

Toll fee scams are back and heading your way https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/04/toll-fee-scams-are-back-and-heading-your-way #smishing #tollfee #Scams #News #scam

Somebody, somewhere must occasionally still be falling for the .cn domain name scam, one from simon@netdomains.net.cn inboxed here today.

See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain_name_scams_are_alive_and_well_thank_you.html for an overview of the shitheadery. #dns #scams #domainnamescam #cndomains #netdomains #cybercrime #spam

Clicked on a #phishing link ? 7 steps to take immediately to protect your accounts. Phishing #scams are becoming brutally effective, and even technically sophisticated people can be fooled. Here's how to limit the damage immediately and what to do next.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/clicked-on-a-phishing-link-7-steps-to-take-immediately-to-protect-your-accounts/
#security

"I'm not the only person for whom a detailed knowledge of scams created immunity from being scammed. Troy Hunt is the proprietor of HaveIBeenPwned.com, the internet's most comprehensive and reliable breach notification site. Hunt pretty much invented the practice of tracking breaches, and he is steeped – saturated – in up-to-the-minute, nitty-gritty details of how internet scams work.

Guess who got phished?
(...)
Hunt had just gotten off a long-haul flight. He was jetlagged. He got a well-constructed, plausible counterfeit email from Mailchimp telling him that his mailing-list – which he absolutely relies upon – had been frozen after a spam complaint, and advising him to click on a link to contest the suspension. He was taken to a fake login screen that his password manager didn't autopopulate, so he manually pasted the password in (Mailchimp doesn't have 2FA). It was only when the login session hung that he realized he'd been scammed – and by then, it was too late. Within minutes, his mailing list had been exported by the scammers.

In his postmortem of the scam, Hunt identifies the overlapping factors that made him vulnerable. He was jetlagged. The mailing list was important. Bogus spam complaints are common. Big corporate sites like Mailchimp often redirect their logins through different domains, which causes password manager autofill to fail. Hunt had experienced near-identical phishing attempts before and spotted them, but this one just happened to land at the very moment that he was vulnerable. Plus – as with my credit union scam – it seems likely that Mailchimp itself had been breached (or has an insider threat), which allowed the scammers to pad out the scam with plausible details that made it seem legit."

https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/05/troy-hunt/#teach-a-man-to-phish