Desperate Taylor Swift fans defrauded by ticket scams
When there are not nearly enough tickets for some concerts to accommodate all the fans that desperately want to be there, it makes for ideal hunting grounds for scammers.
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Sponsored Twitter post uses fake BBC News site to boost slippery oil trading app
Categories: News Categories: Personal Tags: forex Tags: BBC Tags: fake Tags: trading Tags: digital Tags: reviews Tags: website Tags: AI Tags: app Tags: phone Tags: twitter Tags: sponsored Tags: ad Tags: advert Tags: blue check Tags: verified We take a look at a daisy chain of links and clicks leading from a sponsored Twitter ad to a fake BBC website offering up an AI trading app. |
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Read moreGoogle sponsored ads lead to rogue imitation sites
Categories: News Tags: google Tags: ads Tags: advert Tags: paid Tags: sponsored Tags: result Tags: listing Tags: rogue Tags: malware Tags: NFT Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: data theft Tags: infostealer We take a look at a flurry of reports relating to fake products being pushed via sponsored ads in Google search. |
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Read moreFBI warns of imposter ads in search results
Categories: News Tags: FBI Tags: ad Tags: ads Tags: advert Tags: paid Tags: sponsored Tags: search engine Tags: results Tags: fake Tags: download Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: malware The FBI has issued a warning about criminals impersonating brands in search ads |
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Read moreBillion-dollar search engine industry attracts vultures, shady advertisers, and cybercriminals
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:04:21 +0000
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| We look at the ways in which criminals and vultures use less-than-honest tactics to fleece the search engine industry for a piece of its billion-dollar pie. Categories: Tags: adfraudadvertisementsadwareextensionshijackerspotentially unwanted programsPUPsresultssearchsearch enginesearch engine optimizationsearch enginesSEOseo poisoningsponsored |
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Read moreMore phishy sponsored tweets
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| Watch out: sponsored Tweets leading to phishing pages are doing the rounds once more. We take a look at the latest phishing scam being pushed to unsuspecting Twitter users, and show how the scammers are after a double-whammy of login credentials and credit card information. Categories: Tags: phishphishingscamscammerssponsoredtweettwitter |