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Emergency scams are about a family member or friend in a dire situation. You get a call, email, or social media message from someone claiming to be a distressed family member. They may say they've ...
The text message scam is referred to as "smishing," a combination of SMS (short message service) and phishing (scammers claiming to be representatives of an organization).
According to the report, California, Florida, Georgia, New York and Texas are the five states that received the largest number of robotexts in the first half of this year. The report states that ...
Doxware is the converse of ransomware. In a ransomware attack (originally called cryptoviral extortion), the malware encrypts the victim's data and demands payment to provide the needed decryption key. In the doxware cryptovirology attack, the attacker or malware steals the victim's data and threatens to publish it unless a fee is paid.
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is an American private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, [2] consisting of 92 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the International Association of Better Business Bureaus (IABBB) in Arlington, Virginia.
Chain letter. A chain letter is a message that attempts to convince the recipient to make a number of copies and pass them on to a certain number of recipients. The "chain" is an exponentially growing pyramid (a tree graph) that cannot be sustained indefinitely. Common methods used in chain letters include emotionally manipulative stories, get ...
RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Department of Transportation is warning drivers who use E-ZPass about a text message scam that seeks payment for bogus toll charges. VDOT officials say scammers send a ...
SMS language displayed on a mobile phone screen. Short Message Service ( SMS) language, textism, or textese[ a] is the abbreviated language and slang commonly used in the late 1990s and early 2000s with mobile phone text messaging, and occasionally through Internet -based communication such as email and instant messaging. [ 1]