Scam news 1
Scammers Threatening Utilities
This scam targets homeowners and businesses.A hair salon in Lancaster County sent an email to consumer investigator Brian Roche, writing,
“We were contacted today by a scammer posing as a PPL representative telling us our power would be disconnected and that a technician was on the way to do so.They said we needed to pay them $999.12 or we would lose our service today.” Read more
Scam news 2
Google Ad Scam: A New Scandal
In a shocking revelation reminiscent of Facebook’s notorious metrics scandal of 2018, a recent report exposes Google’s GOOG-0.3% TrueView skippable in-stream video ads as potentially misleading advertisers and misallocating billions of digital ad dollars. Read more
Scam news 2
Insurance as Protection Against CPF Scams
SINGAPORE — In the ongoing battle against online scams, the authorities might take up insurance to protect Singaporeans from Central Provident Fund (CPF) losses resulting from scams.
He was responding in Parliament to a question from Associate Professor Jamus Lim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sengkang Group Representation Constituency (GRC). Read more