Experts warn against text fraud as people look for jobs

Investment, job frauds top list of cybercrimes in Mysuru - The Times of India

Mysuru: Commissioner of police Seema Latkar on Tuesday said investment and job fraud top the list of cybercrimes in Mysuru.

Experts warn against text fraud as people look for jobs

This year, $163 million has been lost text fraud scams, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). There were nearly 90,000 reports of fraud with the median lost being $1,053 per incident. “We’re all being bombarded with these things every day,” Quinnipiac University’s Cybersecurity Program Director Frederick Scholl said. The texts come in all forms including, fake jobs...