There’s been a lot of weird and frankly bizarre attacks over the course of 2022, nestled in amongst the usual ransomware…
Tag: 419
An 18 year scam odyssey of stranded astronauts
There is a semi-mythical scam which comes around every couple of years, like some sort of digital bad luck version of…
How Instagram scammers talk users out of their accounts
If you’ve dealt with a scammer, you’ll know that making up stories is their bread and butter. Think about it: Just…
No, Colonel Gaddafi’s daughter isn’t emailing to give you untold riches
It’s not every day you receive a big money offer from someone claiming to sit in political asylum, but here we…
Help prevent disaster donation scams from causing more misery
It’s a sad day when we have to warn people about medical charity scams, or tax fakeouts, or even have a…
“Celebrating Stephen Hawking” with a 419 scam
The recently departed Stephen Hawking is apparently back from the dead, now a target for scammers wanting to extract some quick…
Of princes and perpetrators: Beware of getting ensnared in 419 scams
We’ve mentioned before that 419 scams don’t always originate from Nigeria. It’s a very simple and popular scam that can be…
Of scammers and cute puppies
We’ve followed tech support scammers for quite a while at Malwarebytes. They’ve been of particular interest because of their preference for…
419 scammer offers USD $60 million—and a free child
Scammers often come crawling out of the woodwork in all sorts of places you wouldn’t necessarily expect. This is to their…
Crowdsourced fraud and kickstarted scams
Crowdsourced funding opportunities via Kickstarter, Patreon, and GoFundMe have removed many structural roadblocks for people to access capital quickly and conveniently….