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SCAM OF THE WEEK: Cybercriminals Are Hiring! Recruitment websites are a great way to find new job opportunities. Unfortunately, very few of these recruitment websites properly validate the people posting jobs, which makes it surprisingly easy to create fake job posts. Cybercriminals have been creating fake job posts that appear to be listed by a…

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Cybercriminals Go for the Gold Last week, the opening ceremony of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games took place in Beijing. With representatives from 91 countries, the Olympics are watched by billions of spectators from all over the world.  Unfortunately, cybercriminals often use worldwide events like the Olympics to catch your attention…

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Cybercriminals Ship Out Another Scam The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact supply chains for countless industries around the world. Cybercriminals often use wide-reaching problems like shipping delays to their advantage. In a recent scam, cybercriminals use the possibility of a delayed or missed shipment as phish bait.  The scam starts with…

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Selling Phishy Stress Relief For many people, the past two years have been some of the most stressful years of their lives. Unfortunately, cybercriminals are trying to use this stress to their advantage by creating fake promotions for CBD products.  CBD, short for cannabidiol, is a popular natural remedy that some…

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Watch Out For Omicron Variant Scams Omicron, a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, is quickly spreading across the globe. This unfortunate news is only made worse by cybercriminals who are creating Omicrom-themed phishing scams. In a recent phishing email, cybercriminals impersonate the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS). The email…