Phishing Scam Aimed at Getting Private Details on New Online Security Checks.

Fraudsters are
exploiting new online security checks to obtain sensitive information
from victims. It comes just days after Action Fraud warned of more
‘sextortion scams’ doing the rounds in the UK, with over
600 reports last week alone. These scams involve criminals claiming to
have gained access to a victim’s device following the viewing of
pornographic material, relying on the premise of a surveillance hack to
threaten the individual. The new scam however is
less overt and relies on the standard practise of ‘phishing emails,’
where fraudsters pretend to be legitimate organisations in the aim of
obtaining personal details from the victim.

Source: Daily Post

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