Thursday, 25 July 2024

Global IT outage scams

The National Cyber Security Centre – part of the UK’s intelligence & cyber agency – has warned of an increase in phishing attempts that reference the global IT outage.

Opportunistic scammers typically take advantage of big events, such as the global IT outage, to con victims. Make sure you’re clued up on how to spot the scam with our expert guide.

Spot scams guide

Source: Which?

https://bexleywatch.blogspot.com/2026/03/working-together-for-safer-bexley.html

Sim-swap fraud warning

Sim-swap fraud is when a scammer steals your phone number by tricking your network provider into transferring it to a Sim card they own. Th...