- UK Launches Phishing Email Reporting Service
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, April 22, 2020
The UK’s National Cyber Security Center had launched what it calls ...
- Authorities Warn Of Coronavirus Scams
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Sunday, April 19, 2020
Consumers are being harassed by a barrage of emails, texts and robo-cal ...
- COVID-19 Spam Jam: Gmail Says It Blocks 100 Million Phishing Emails Per Day
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, April 17, 2020
Some phishing messages impersonate the World Health Organization, and at least o ...
- Facebook Sues Software Developer For Allegedly Circumventing Ad Review Filters
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 9, 2020
Facebook has sued the founder of LeadCloak for allegedly enabling advertisers ...
- COVID-19 Chill: Ecommerce Sales Are Up, But So Is Fraud
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Garden equipment transactions have risen the most on a percentage basis, A ...
- COVID-19 Emails Attributed To Johns Hopkins Are Fake, University Says
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, April 6, 2020
The alleged false reports include an "excellent summary." The university says ...
- Bad Actors Exploit COVID-19 Crisis, Report States
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 2, 2020
One phishing email uses the subject line, 'Trump Administration Covid-19 Check f ...
- 'Trump Health Bombshell': Pro-Prez E-Letter Raises Funds, Carries Cure-All Ads
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 30, 2020
One ad implies that the President has benefitted from a purported st ...
- Phishing Email Warns: You've Been Exposed To COVID-19, Go To A Hospital
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 30, 2020
The malicious email appears to come from a legitimate hospital, KnowBe4 repo ...
- Scammers Are Sending Fake COVID-19 Insurance Offers, Group Warns
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Fraudulent pitches are being made through phishing emails. They offer non-existent product ...
- TransUnion: Social Distancing Predicted To Increase Online Fraud As Ecommerce Purchases Rise
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
TransUnion identified a 23% increase in ecommerce transactions in the week aft ...
- COVID-19 Cyber Cons: Email Scams Are On The Rise
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 23, 2020
A firm is offering $4.95 test kits by email, according to t ...
- Phishing Campaign Targets People Working At Home During Covid-19 Outbreak
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 16, 2020
Threat actors use a fake OneDrive login in credential-stealing scam, Mimecast repo ...
- FTC, FDA Crack Down On False Advertising, Marketing Related To Coronavirus
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Last week, warning letters were sent to companies advertising products like tea ...
- Trump Name Dominates In Scam Emails: Study
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 6, 2020
Suspicious emails using the Trump name made up the bulk of fraudule ...
- Corcoran Recovers Money Lost In Email Scam
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 2, 2020
Corcoran’s bookkeeper had been inveigled by a fraudulent email into forwarding t ...
- Real Estate Mogul Victimized In Phishing Scam
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 28, 2020
New York City real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran lost almost $400,000 aft ...
- Retailers Hit With Spam During Holidays: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 28, 2020
There was a 145% increase in the number of malicious campaigns overal ...
- Amazon Cracks Down On False Promotional Claims, Price Gouging Related To Coronavirus
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 28, 2020
In the past few weeks, Amazon stopped more than one million produc ...
- The Top Ten Scams Of 2019
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, February 27, 2020
The National Consumers League reports a tripling of spoofing and phishing complai ...
- Google Terms Of Service Details Updates Coming In March
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, February 26, 2020
The FAQ explains how changes reflect evolving regulatory environments and Google's effor ...
- Home Depot, Salesforce And Others Back Booking.com In Trademark Fight
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 24, 2020
Booking.com is drawing support in a fight over its name from compani ...
- Americans Are Vulnerable To Census Scams: AARP Study
MediaDailyNews, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 21, 2020
Most don't know whether the Census will use email to contact the ...
- Google Removes Nearly 600 Apps From Google Play Store
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, February 20, 2020
Nearly 600 apps have been removed from the Google Play Store, Goog ...
- Attackers Exploit Coronavirus In Phishing Emails
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 14, 2020
The emails deliver new forms of malware, while spreading conspiracy theories abo ...
- Phishing Artists Took A Break At Christmas: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, February 13, 2020
BEC attacks fell during the last two weeks of December, following heat ...
- Trump Leads In Use Of Name By Email Scammers: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, February 10, 2020
Trump's name is most popular among email scam artists, while Bernie Sande ...
- Spamhaus Invasion: Name Of Group Misused In Phishing Email
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 7, 2020
Emails claiming to be from an anti-spam group say, 'Urgently Take Action ...
- Vivendi-Owned Dailymotion Extends Partnership With White Ops To Reduce Ad Fraud
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 30, 2020
Sophisticated malware that lives on a person's device can now learn a ...
- Email Scammers Target Synagogue Members, Including Tree Of Life Congregants: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, January 30, 2020
The fraud artists, who are also trying to victimize church and mosq ...