Posts Tagged ‘Bitdefender Antispam Lab’

Elon Musk and Tesla-related BTC giveaway scams are back in season in a fraud combo

May

2021

Threat actors are relentless when it comes to recycling old ruses to fool internet users and steal their money. While the ongoing pandemic and vaccination campaigns ushered in a new wave of creative scams, some malicious actors prefer to stick to old-fashioned scams that have proven efficient in the past. Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, is […]

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WhatsApp For What? Spammers Bomb User Inboxes With Fake Adult-Themed Opportunities

Apr

2021

Spammers have laid down seemingly harmless traps for users in search of adult-themed fun over the Internet. In the last month, attackers bombarded thousands of inboxes with explicit spam emails claiming to provide hookups on WhatsApp, according to Bitdefender Antispam Lab’s latest telemetry. The perps spiced up the email header that mentions the name of […]

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Watch Out For United Nations COVID-19 Compensation Email Scams

Apr

2021

Several COVID-19-related scams continue to tease internet users into believing they are about to receive a large sum on behalf of non-existent United Nations programs, Bitdefender Antispam Lab has learned. In all versions of the scam, recipients are told they will get the funds after the necessary arrangements are made with the beneficiary that, of […]

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Posts Tagged ‘Bitdefender Antispam Lab’

Elon Musk and Tesla-related BTC giveaway scams are back in season in a fraud combo

WhatsApp For What? Spammers Bomb User Inboxes With Fake Adult-Themed Opportunities

Watch Out For United Nations COVID-19 Compensation Email Scams

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