Category: Scams

Holidaymakers warned over social media scams for fake accommodation

Fraud, Scams
Holidaymakers have been advised to carry out amateur detective work to ensure they do not book into fake accommodation this summer, as research showed a third of travellers had seen an increase in potential travel scams on social media. Consumer experts have urged holidaymakers to do a reverse image search on photographs of holiday homes and check their locations on an online map to verify they are real. People may be booking in a hurry this year as many have left it later than usual because of uncertainty around the impact of the Iran war, increasing the risk of falling…

Scams Involving the Federal Reserve Name

Scams
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has become aware of numerous COVID-19 themed phishing email scams in which fraudsters are fraudulently impersonating employees of the Federal Reserve System and purporting to offer financial relief programs. The fraudulent emails appear to come from the Federal Reserve System, and reference financial relief programs contained in the CAREs Act including the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Impact Payments. If clicked, the malicious link in the emails leads to a convincing website containing the logos of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The malicious…