confidence tricks
-
Riot Games Sues Scammers Offering Folks Fake Jobs at the Studio
A nasty scam has become more popular over the last few months. People desperate for work at popular game studios like Riot and Rockstar Games get an email from a recruiter asking them to apply. They do and eventually get the job only to realise it’s all fake, usually after losing money to the scammers.…
-
32 Angry Consumer Complaints to the FTC About Binance
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency platform in the world, has processed over $US5.4 ($7) trillion in crypto transactions so far this year. But financial regulators around the globe have recently taken aim at the Cayman Islands-based company and the Wild West attitude of platforms that sell cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, dogecoin, and ethereum, among thousands of others.
-
A Phishing Scam Targeting Postmates Drivers Pretends to Represent the Company to Empty Out Victims’ Accounts
As if gig workers didn’t have it hard enough already, they now have to be on the lookout for possible phishing scams from malicious actors that pretend to represent their company.