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Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer

Krebs on Security

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. ” One of the crypto investment scam messages promoted in the spam campaigns on Mastodon this month. “On Twitter, more spam and crypto scam.”

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Would You Have Fallen for This Phone Scam?

Krebs on Security

You may have heard that today’s phone fraudsters like to use use caller ID spoofing services to make their scam calls seem more believable. Dozens of cybercrime shops traffic in this stolen data, which is more traditionally used to defraud online merchants. Click to enlarge. Image: Gemini Advisory.

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Scam ‘Funeral Streaming’ Groups Thrive on Facebook

Krebs on Security

One of the many scam funeral group pages on Facebook. One of many look-alike landing pages for video streaming services linked to scam Facebook funeral groups. These so-called “stealer logs” are mostly generated by opportunistic infections from information-stealing trojans that are sold on cybercrime markets.

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Service Rents Email Addresses for Account Signups

Krebs on Security

In May, KrebsOnSecurity interviewed a Russian spammer named “ Quotpw “ who was mass-registering accounts on the social media network Mastodon in order to conduct a series of huge spam campaigns advertising scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. com site,” the Trend researchers wrote. . Image: Trend Micro.

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Booking.com Phishers May Leave You With Reservations

Krebs on Security

We’ll also explore an array of cybercrime services aimed at phishers who target hotels that rely on the world’s most visited travel website. A scan of social media networks showed this is not an uncommon scam. A number of cybercriminal innovations are making it easier for scammers to cash in on your upcoming travel plans.

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Russian Reshipping Service ‘SWAT USA Drop’ Exposed

Krebs on Security

One of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen merchandise was hacked recently, exposing its internal operations, finances and organizational structure. Services like SWAT are known as “Drops for stuff” on cybercrime forums. Most reshipping scams promise employees a monthly salary and even cash bonuses.

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Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

Krebs on Security

The term “pig butchering” refers to a time-tested, heavily scripted, and human-intensive process of using fake profiles on dating apps and social media to lure people into investing in elaborate scams. In a more visceral sense, pig butchering means fattening up a prey before the slaughter. “The scale of this is so massive.

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