Tag: Fraud

No one is safe from scams. In fact, scams targeting corporations and organizations employ meticulously social-engineered attack scenarios. Unlike smishing targeting individuals or online shopping scams, such attacks design tailored phishing scenarios based on previously collected information about the target. As such, it is not easy for the victim organization

With the advancement of scamming technology, determining the authenticity of a site solely based on appearance has become exceedingly difficult. In the past, it was possible to identify fakes by carefully observing discrepancies such as logo size, layout, wording, domain, etc., which scammers often overlooked when creating spoofed websites or

Online investment scams these days are no longer an issue limited to specific nations, now becoming a social issue prevalent around the globe. Scammers (criminals) deceive their victims through illegal and immoral means, extorting financial assets including cash and virtual assets from them. They are usually a part of a

Sextortion scam is defined as the crime of blackmailing victims using their sensitive information to inflict great psychological distress and extort them. Victims not only suffer from immediate financial losses but also immense shock and terror, some to the point of having their daily lives severely impacted. Contents Simple Lies

The digital device that we use the most in our daily lives is mobile phone. It is used in a wide range of daily activities such as communication, searching, shopping, making payment, verifying identity, and investing. Some people do not own PCs, but almost everyone these days have mobile phones.

Have you or anyone near you became a victim of online scamming? This article will introduce you to online scams, how the waves of scammers target their victims and in which ways, and what damage they inflict. This article’s contents are based on AhnLab’s in-house data as well as externally