- Phony Sam's Club Email Offers Free Products To Consumers Who Take A Survey
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, May 26, 2023
Consumers who click on the survey link can be charged monthly fe ...
- Deconstructing A Predatory Marketplace
Media Insider, Gord Hotchkiss - Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Perhaps one of the winners in the fraudulent ecosystem that spawned predato ...
- Gmail, Outlook Users Warned: Delete These Emails
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, May 8, 2023
Gmail and Outlook are urging consumers to delete emails that ask th ...
- Email Scam Artists Send Fake Delta Air Lines Messages
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, May 4, 2023
Scammers have sent fake Delta Air Lines emails, asking consumers to fi ...
- Google Blocked 1.43 Million Bad Apps In 2022
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, May 1, 2023
Google blocked 1.43 million bad apps from being published in the Play Sto ...
- $142.8 Billion In Revenue Lost To Fake Traffic In 2022
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 17, 2023
CHEQ research shows that more than 40% of all traffic online ...
- FTC Eyes Social Platforms Over Scam Ads
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 9, 2023
The FTC will vote next week on whether to demand information abo ...
- Facebook Immune From Suit Over Scam Ads, Company Tells Appeals Court
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 16, 2023
"To the extent plaintiffs were defrauded by advertisers on Facebook, their quarr ...
- Consumers Targeted More For Refund And Tech Support Scams
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 10, 2023
Victims may be lured into setting up a remote connection that ope ...
- DoubleVerify Identifies Audio Ad Fraud Costing Advertisers Millions Monthly
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, February 2, 2023
BeatSting is costing advertisers up to $1 million per month by creati ...
- Websites Aim To Eliminate Fake Reviews
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Yelp, Tripadvisor, Trustpilot, Google and several other review sites recently met f ...
- Threat Actors Are Using Google Ads To Send Malicious Emails: Report
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Advertisers using Google Ads are in danger of having their brands co-opt ...
- Social Security Recipients Warned To Be On The Lookout For Phone And Email Scams
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Scammers are using upcoming cost of living adjustments to win victims' tr ...
- Fraud Prevention Firm DataVisor Snares $40 Million in Funding
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, December 15, 2022
The company was founded by two former Microsoft staffers Yinglian Xie, a ...
- 18% Of U.S. Ecommerce Transactions Were Suspected Fraudulent During 5-Day Holiday: TransUnion
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, December 1, 2022
TransUnion released findings Thursday around global ecommerce fraud that occurred during t ...
- Court Won't Revive Advertiser's Battle With Facebook Over Phony Accounts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 28, 2022
Siding with Meta Platforms, a federal appellate court refused to revive ...
- The 12 Scams Of Christmas, As Seen By The BBB
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, November 25, 2022
Email is used in several scheme-like offers of fake free gift ca ...
- Facebook Users Urge Appeals Court To Revive Battle Over 'Scam Ads'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Meta Platforms users seek to revive a lawsuit accusing the company ...
- Trustworthy Accountability Group Rolls Out 'Transparency' Certification
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 3, 2022
The industry's Trustworthy Accountability Group is unveiling a new certification program th ...
- Shoppers Are Willing To Take Online Risks During Holiday Season, Study Finds
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Over a third of consumers have been scammed online. And email w ...
- Bad Actors Impersonate Social Security, Promise Increases
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, October 24, 2022
Recipients are being warned not to open suspicious emails or click ...
- Online Fraud A Major Concern This Holiday Season, TransUnion Study Shows
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, October 21, 2022
Many consumers want additional identity-verification systems, and 60% have a positive vi ...
- Bad Santas: Shoppers Are Worried About Fraud This Holiday Season
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, October 20, 2022
They also worry about identity theft, but bristle at some security measure ...
- Sellers.guide Releases Publisher Site Ranking For Fraud, Malware, Unsafe Online Traffic
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 20, 2022
Food, Home & Garden, and Travel are the categories less likely ...
- The Top Ten Phishing Subject Lines: Don't Use Them
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, October 18, 2022
KnowBe4 shares phishing headlines that work along with the most common atta ...
- Florida Woman Pleads Guilty In Magazine Scam
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Sunday, October 16, 2022
Rhonda Jean Moulder pleaded to one count of conspiracy to commit ma ...
- FCC Proposes Mandatory Blocking To Combat Text Spam
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 27, 2022
"Unwanted text messages present the same problems as unwanted calls -- th ...
- Firm Settles Indiana Charges That Its Emails Were Deceptive
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, September 16, 2022
PERA allegedly created the false impression that the emails were from t ...
- Friendly Fraud Costs Businesses Billions Of Dollars: Study
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, August 19, 2022
Fraudulent abuse of coupons and promotions is now so widespread that retaile ...
- Cost Of Fraud Has Risen-To $3.75 For Every Dollar Stolen
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Ecommerce merchants are at risk as fraudulent transactions increase, LexisNexis reports. ...