The 12 biggest internet scams to be aware of in 2025
MashableTim Marcin
The 12 biggest internet scams to be aware of in 2025
We've seen lots of text scams — and more sophisticated phishing and malware scams — in 2025. Here are the most dangerous internet scams of the year.
4 months ago
How to Avoid Scams
Help to spot and avoid scams
Help to spot and avoid scams
scamwatch.gov.au
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Disturbing numbers of Sympathy Scams doing the rounds on Facebook - so here’s how they work. They specifically target older folk, because they want to draw them into commenting or liking. It gives the scammers who post them a ready made list of potential targets to talk to - they’ll often try and fire up friendships in the comments which lead to romance scams for example. This account, Shield & Service posts them almost exclusively and has 3.6m followers!! Be careful what you share, comment and
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Disturbing numbers of Sympathy Scams doing the rounds on Facebook - so here’s how they work. They specifically target older folk, because they want to draw them into commenting or liking. It gives the scammers who post them a ready made list of potential targets to talk to - they’ll often try and fire up friendships in the comments which lead to romance scams for example. This account, Shield & Service posts them almost exclusively and has 3.6m followers!! Be careful what you share, comment and
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This #ScamsWeek24 we catch up with Fraud Operations Manager, Jason Veltruski, to chat about some of the current scams doing the rounds, ways to protect yourself and what we’re doing to keep our customers safe. | Newcastle Permanent
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This #ScamsWeek24 we catch up with Fraud Operations Manager, Jason Veltruski, to chat about some of the current scams doing the rounds, ways to protect yourself and what we’re doing to keep our customers safe. | Newcastle Permanent
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Disturbing numbers of Sympathy Scams doing the rounds on Facebook - so here’s how they work. They specifically target older folk, because they want to draw them into commenting or liking. It gives the scammers who post them a ready made list of potential targets to talk to - they’ll often try and fire up friendships in the comments which lead to romance scams for example. This account, Shield & Service posts them almost exclusively and has 3.6m followers!! Be careful what you share, comment and
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22.5K views10 months ago
FacebookNick Stapleton
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