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You’ve likely seen fake parcel delivery texts in the news recently, and we’ve covered a few of these ourselves. SMS missives claim a package is waiting to be delivered, and a small processing fee is required. There is no package; it’s a ruse to have people hand over their credit card details. It’s been wildly […]

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As spam filters and machine learning get better by the day at hampering email fraud, cybercriminals are doing new, flourishing business in the less-protected ‘phone’ department. Numerous phone and SMS scams are actively being carried out across Australia, the United States and other countries, with governments doing little to stop them, according to one security researcher.

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People in the Philippines are warned about SMS scams that leverage the recent Typhoon Haiyan. There are at least four types of scams that people might come across. According to PhilStar, Filipinos have been receiving SMS messages that purport to come from various government officials such as Trade Secreta…

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