An email hits your inbox from an unknown sender that includes a picture of your house and address, followed by a threat: “Don’t even try to hide from this. You have no idea what I’m capable of….I’ve ...

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Note that this scam may continue in the future with other similar unofficial email addresses. In late August 2023, we reviewed an email scam that lied to recipients and said that their Squarespace ...

In October 2023, scammers were months into their efforts to rip off internet users by impersonating the hardware store chain Harbor Freight Tools in emails and on websites. The fake "free" offers ...

Jane wrote to us with the following concern: "I just got a text from Kinecta here in California that says, 'Transfer request of $950.44 to BRYANA WHITE has been approved. If you didn't authorize ...