You’re putting yourself at risk if you aren’t up-to-date on the biggest scamming schemes. There are a lot of widespread cons that many people don’t know about. Tap or click here for seven new scams to watch out for.

Take smishing, for example. While it isn’t all that new, it’s still not the most well-known term. But it’s a spreading issue that threatens anyone who owns a smartphone, so it’s best to find out what it is now.

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Most of us get tons of emails daily. It can be overwhelming to stare at an inox with hundreds of unopened messages. Tap or click here for simple solutions to get a handle on your inbox.

Text messages are another story. You might be part of a group chat with family members who ping you all hours of the day and night. Then there are random texts that come from people you don’t know. That’s where you need to be careful. It could be part of an elaborate scheme to rip you off.

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There are many ways for criminals to scam you, and phishing emails are common. These emails often pretend to be from a government agency, utility company or mobile phone provider. IRS warning: Don’t fall for this tax scam text.

Since phishing emails have been around so long, many people are getting better at spotting them and knowing what to do. So criminals are turning their attention to text messages. These malicious texts work similarly to phishing emails but come straight to your phone.

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Our content marketing queen Allie gets texts with her Uber sign-in code now and then. The problem? She’s not trying to get into her Uber account; someone else is.

She ignores them because she’s well-versed in smishing, phishing and other criminal schemes. Tap or click here for a crash course in smishing scams. But of course, not all texts with verification codes are fraudulent. 

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How often do you go over your mobile phone bill at the end of the month? Tap or click here for five ways to save money on your phone bill. Have you ever noticed anything strange, like a large number of text messages? If you have, you may have fallen victim to a dangerous new scam.

Cybercriminals are now going for a one-two punch by infecting your phone with malware and stealing your credit card details in the process. Research done by security firm Pradeo unraveled just how brazen cybercriminals are becoming.

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Another day, another phishing scam. If it seems like we’re dealing with a huge influx of scams right now, you’re right. We are.

Email and web-related scams skyrocketed at the start of the pandemic, and they’re still going strong. Tap or click here for ways scammers are using COVID vaccines to get you. Add in the other recent types of schemes, like shopping and IRS scams, and it’s clear that cybercriminals have been working overtime.

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Every so often, a malicious cyber threat appears that targets text messages and messaging apps. These threats are not malware, nor are they able to steal money or data. Instead, these “malicious texts” or “text bombs” are more like practical jokes that can crash your phone and make it annoying to use.

Sometimes, these messages are harmless enough to simply ignore and delete. Other times, they’re engineered well enough to prevent your phone from rebooting. Tap or click here to see the iOS text bomb that crashed phones earlier this year.

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Every so often, a new kind of text-based prank comes around that not only inconveniences you but potentially puts your data at risk. These digital pranks are often the product of mischievous hackers and coders, but in the wrong hands, they can leave you without a working phone for days on end.

The last time this happened, it came in the form of a garbled text message that featured foreign-language characters that phones would have trouble rendering properly. Tap or click here to see how this prank worked.

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Have you heard? There is a rising scam in town called “smishing.” In fact, smishing is the new phishing.

Criminals are getting more creative by texting your mobile devices to obtain your most valuable data. Not to mention, your phone can be hacked without you knowing it.

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How many times have you just started a nice family dinner and wham, you get an unsolicited phone call? I’m sure it’s happened to everyone, multiple times.

Historically these types of calls have come from telemarketers and political campaigns. Lately, unsolicited calls have gone from just being annoying to malicious scams.

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Keeping personal information out of the hands of criminals can be a difficult task. They are constantly changing up their scams to try and rip us off.

A favorite tool of cybercriminals is the phishing email. This, of courses, is when a scammer creates an email appearing to be from a trusted source, hoping to steal sensitive data by tricking you into clicking on a malicious link. There’s a twist to this scam, making the rounds that could let a criminal drain your bank account.

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Unsolicited phone calls from people you don’t know can be irritating. They always have horrible timing, too, like calling when you’re about to sit down for dinner.

Some of these calls aren’t just annoying — they’re also malicious. There’s been a rash of phone calls lately where scammers try to trick victims into giving them sensitive data that could lead to massive financial losses.

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