There are a rash of emails being sent out which try to scam you out of money on the threat of videos being taken of you via your webcam. These emails are, in general, being generated from a breach on a company that you’ve been using in the past. In some cases the password has […]

There are many telephone scams out there and you need to keep your guard up! If you’ve not been reporting in communication with a company then you’re more likely to be cautious as the call is “out of the blue” – but things can go wrong if your guard is down because you recently got […]

Regulators from five countries joined together in an operation to crack down on a series of companies orchestrating one of the most widespread Internet scams of the decade. English-speaking consumers in the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the U.K. were targeted in the global scam. Most of the scammers were based in […]

The incidence of scam telephone calls from companies claiming to be working in association with ‘Microsoft’ is on a rapid increase again! The cold calls claim that your computer has been detected as having serious problems and they then launch into a conserted effort to get you to log into a web site, which gives […]

Fake ‘Tax Refund’ Emails are on the increase again.We’ve received 8 in the last 48 hours mentioning refunds of between £200 and £1000. Example After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity, we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 973.90 GBP. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 5-7 […]

The incidence of scam telephone calls from ‘it maintenance companies’ is increasing rapidly.I’ve had reports of more than 20 clients receiving the phone calls over the last 4 weeks. They claim to be ‘working with microsoft’ or other large organistions and state that your machine is infected or running slowly. Beware of these people, they are out to scam you!!

Many clients are receiving cold calls from companies purporting to work with Microsoft and informing them that their machines are infected with a virus/spyware.The caller then proceeds to try to get the client to download a piece of software which will give them access to the computer. Once this is done they download a ‘scanner’ from […]