If you usually date signed documents as “1/7/20,” make it “1/7/2020.” Empty space behind the first “20” makes it easy for scammers to change document dates. NEW YORK – Security officials are warning consumers not to abbreviate “2020” in official […]
The FBI expects cyber-criminals to steal more than six trillion dollars globally by 2021, according to the hacker-author of “Catch Me If You Can.” SAN FRANCISCO – “Catch Me If You Can” author Frank Abagnale spoke about cybersecurity at the […]
ORLANDO, Fla. – No Realtor association asks members to donate money to help Grayson or any other child – but a new scam supposedly from Florida Realtors seems to do so. “It’s a scam,” says Margy Grant, CEO of Florida […]
Scammers sometimes pull a Realtor’s listing pictures and content from an ad site, often Craigslist, and repost them with minor changes – generally a lower price and different contact number. ORLANDO, Fla. – A scam’s success rate tends to decline […]
What is a social engineering attack? In a social engineering attack, an attacker uses human interaction (social skills) to obtain or compromise information about an organization or its computer systems. An attacker may seem unassuming and respectable, possibly claiming to […]
Fla.’s attorney general warns consumers about a new phishing scam: Fake websites are trying to steal from people who already lost data in the Equifax hack. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is warning consumers about a new […]
Facebook will allow users to opt-out of non-Facebook tracking, which may make it harder to get Realtor ads in front of buyers who search sites like realtor.com. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Soon, you could get fewer familiar ads following you around […]
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If new licensees get an email with a contract attached, will they open it? If yes, scammers have a way to ransom your entire computer system. RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. – Across the country, hackers increasingly are holding hostage the data […]
Real estate and rental internet crimes affected 11,300 victims last year and cost $150M in losses, up nearly three-fold, according to a new FBI report. Agents, experts, and victims share their stories. If $36,000 for a three-bedroom house in D.C. […]
