While you may have never heard of wallpaperya.com, this sneaky scam attempts to shock you into sharing your details with a scammer under the pretence of cancelling a non-existent subscription. Find out what this message looks like and what to do if you’ve received a message like this. Wallpaperya.com subscription scam The latest subscription text message claims to be from ‘wallpaperya’, but we’ve...
Scammers just found a new phishing lure to play with: Google Drive. A flaw in the Drive is being exploited to send out seemingly legitimate emails and push notifications from Google that, if opened, could land people on malicious websites. The scam itself is nothing new – messages asking you to click on dodgy links are as old as the internet itself – but could catch a lot of people off guard. The...
MULTIPLE police forces in the UK are warning WhatsApp users about scammers that could hijack their accounts. The scam involves security codes and has existed for a while but is rearing its head again. Southwark Police tweeted: “We have seen a surge in WhatsApp accounts being hacked, if you are sent a text from WhatsApp with a code on it, don’t share the code with ANYONE no matter who’s asking, or...