You Searched For "common vishing scams in 2023" and got 20 results
Sort By:
What are ‘vishing scams’ that start with a Namaste and end with monetary losses
vishing is a type of phone scam where the fraudster takes advantage of human error by calling and a…
A millennial who'd bought 3 houses got scammed out of $60,000 buying her fourth — and it's more common than you might think
A day before Regina Smith was set to close on the house, she got an email saying to wire her $60,00…
Jordan Pandy
7 out of 10 Indians are unable to identify AI voice call scams, and half fall for scams with monetary losses
McAfee has released a report called ‘The Artificial Imposter,’ highlighting how the rise of artific…
Quishing on the rise – Be alert while scanning payment QR codes
Digital payments have grown by leaps and bounds in India over the past few years, with unified paym…
My dad almost paid a ransom after being told I was kidnapped — but it was all a scam
A daughter says her dad got a call saying she had been kidnapped. The scam demanded thousands in ra…
Conz Preti
The terrifying new AI scam
Scammers are using AI-generated voices of people's actual children to swindle them out of their cas…
Eve Upton-Clark
Explained: How AI is being used for scams and what you can do to protect yourself
Artificial intelligence or AI has been the buzzword all over the world in the last one year, since …
A viral TikTok jewelry scam is sucking in customers with 'revenge' videos by creators who say they too were tricked
Customers of Trugala, Deraldi, and Vulosa were lured in with too-good-to-be-true discount codes, pr…
Lindsay Dodgson
Alia Bhatt gets mistaken for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan by paps at Met Gala 2023
Prabal has shared many pictures and videos of Alia on his Instagram account. Among those, there's a…
ANI
The best deals to look out for during Amazon Great Summer Sale 2023
Amazon's summer sale will commence from May 4 to May 8, 2023, offering customers discounts on vario…
Lunar Eclipse on 5 May - Here’s how you can watch it from India
If you have a clear sky during the night of May 5, you may be lucky to see a spectacular lunar ecli…
Love is in the air, but so are scammers: Protect yourself from valentines day dating app frauds
Valentine's Day is a time for love and romance, but it can also be a time for scammers to take adva…
Data breaches continue to be a problem, with one account being leaked every second in Q1 2023
Global data breaches decreased by 48.5% in the first quarter of 2023, according to a new report fro…
What is phishing? Here's what you should know about the virtual scamming technique and how to protect yourself from data theft
Phishing is a form of cybercrime wherein emails from fake senders request your personal info. Here'…
Dave Johnson
A couple got shocked messages from friends asking if they were moving. Nope, a scammer had put their home on Zillow.
A scammer listed Jamey and Lauren Bertram's million-dollar home on Zillow for only $10,000, asking …
Alcynna Lloyd
I left my $130K job at Lyft and became a barista. Here's what it taught me.
Chris Jereza says leaving Lyft gave him time to figure out his values and direction, and found a st…
Jyoti Mann
A millennial who's been applying to jobs for a year says he's encountered ghost jobs and scammers in his struggle to find a remote role
A Utah-based millennial was laid off from his tech job soon after he learned about a worrying healt…
Jacob Zinkula
Apple, Samsung capture 58% of global tablet market
Apple, followed by Samsung, led the global tablet market in the first quarter of 2023, together mak…
An innocent-looking Instagram trend could be a gift to hackers, according to a cyber-security expert
People are sharing their personal information to help users "get to know" them, but experts warn th…
Sirena Bergman
Life in the US got boring, so I moved to China. I'm lonely and single, but I plan to stay.
Danielle Marcano was bored of her life in Philadelphia and accepted a teaching job in China. She's …