Tag: scams
scams become undetectable, hackers can create a fake verified profile
Dating apps like Tinder and Bumble have become the new playground for scammers. Using a few tricks, these fraudsters create verified profiles to deceive their victims. This method makes their…
these good deals are in reality big scams
On social networks, certain proposals offer you good deals, intended to defraud the tax authorities by inventing expenses giving rise to tax credits. These are obviously scams, which can cost…
Cyberattacks, scams and disinformation, the online threats weighing on the Olympic Games
MARIO WAGNER The sentence, dropped at the microphone of TF1 by the Head of State, has been agitating the media for several days, but also the Russian propaganda channels. During…
“They messed up a lot”, Julien Cohen talks about possible scams in the show
This Monday, April 8, Julien Cohen was invited to the set of Chez Jordan. The buyer took the opportunity to make big revelations about his former colleagues on the show…
How to protect yourself against online scams for free?
Faced with the increase in online scams and the arrival of Artificial Intelligence in the tactics of scammers, Bitdefender introduces Scamio, a free chatbot using AI to detect fraud. Capable…
Fraud Repression, which tracks scams, alerts the French because it is itself a victim of identity theft
Alexandre Boero Clubic news manager March 28, 2024 at 4:03 p.m. 1 A smartphone with a spam message icon and warning notification © khunkornStudio / Shutterstock The Directorate General for…
Bitdefender launches Scamio to help people spot scams
Bitdefender Scamio // Screenshot © Bitdefender In an increasingly connected world, digital scams are rampant. Thanks to recent technological advances, particularly with regard to the improvement of generative artificial intelligence,…
Bitdefender launches, free and in French, a chatbot that detects all scams: here’s how it works
Alexandre Boero Clubic news manager March 26, 2024 at 9:16 a.m. 3 Here is Scamio, the Bitdefender chatbot © Alexandre Boero / Clubic Cybersecurity publisher Bitdefender has just launched Scamio,…
Be careful, X.com (formerly Twitter) is used for fake URL scams
Vincent Mannessier March 22, 2024 at 5:54 p.m. 1 A new scam is rampant on X.com © Diego Thomazini / Shutterstock X.com’s preview system is unique and different from what…
In China, factories run racks of smartphones simultaneously to commit large-scale scams
Mélina LOUPIA March 21, 2024 at 3:02 p.m. 4 Smartphone farms have been discovered in China © Shutterstock A shocking Chinese television investigation reveals the existence of Chinese smartphone farms…
New wave of premium rate number scams: which numbers are affected?
Mélina LOUPIA March 15, 2024 at 2:17 p.m. 2 Faced with premium rate calls, the DGCCRF monitors © PV productions / Shutterstock Premium rate numbers, which are flourishing in France,…
Premium rate number scams: five out of 14 companies have been sanctioned by the authorities
Premium-rate calls have increased in recent months and the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) is warning about this on its site. Abuses are numerous and…