Scams are a serious problem that affect millions of people every year. Scams are when people trick you into giving them your money or information. They can cause financial loss, emotional distress, and damage to trust and relationships. However, many people feel ashamed or embarrassed to talk about scams, or they don’t know how to […]
Tag Archives: scams
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Aug
Aug
CyberGuru is proud to partner with Scams Awareness Week 2020, an initiative of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch. Scamwatch has seen a 55% increase in reports involving loss of personal information this year compared with the same period in 2019, totalling more than 24,000 reports and over $22 million in losses. This year’s […]
We often hear of various reports of scammers calling the seniors and elderly purporting to be from their telephone company, particularly Telstra, however, unfortunately, one of our clients’ parents were recently scammed by phone calls from who reported to be from the National Broadband Network (nbn). CyberGuru spoke about nbn scams at last Senior Safety […]
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Apr
Apr
We have seen an increasing number of reports for business email compromise affecting organisations, so we are calling on everyone not to be an April fool! “Business email compromise” is a where a hacker gains access to a corporate email account by pretending to be a figure such as a business owner, manager or other decision maker […]
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Aug
Last Friday 17 August, Chris Jeffery, Chief Guru of CyberGuru presented to over 80 senior citizens of the Brisbane’s northside community on Cyber Safety, including both phone and internet scams at the Seniors Safety Forum. The Seniors Safety Forum, the third of which Chris has presented, is an annual event held in the local area […]
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Aug
Aug
Calling all seniors! Chris Jeffery of CyberGuru has been invited to speak at the Seniors Safety Forum at Sandgate on Friday 17 August at 1:00pm. As this is the first year he will have access to a projector, Chris will be able to show examples of spam and phishing emails and demonstrate what to look […]