A quick recap of the scams that matter most right now, and the three habits that stop nearly all of them.
Halfway through the year, here's a quick recap of the scams we've covered that are doing the most damage. The FBI's latest annual crime report lists business email compromise among the costliest crimes, and highlights a sharp rise in fraud that uses AI.
The scams to know
- Fake invoices and changed bank details: a request to pay a new account
- Impersonation: emails, texts, calls and even AI voices pretending to be your boss, a supplier, the IRS or the FBI
- Sign-in tricks: MFA requests you didn't start, sign-in codes and fake sign-in pages
- Paste-a-command pages: fake “I'm not a robot” checks
- Fake downloads: search ads for popular apps and AI tools
- Texts and QR codes: unpaid tolls, deliveries and codes that hide links
Three habits that stop nearly all of them
- Slow down when a message is urgent or secret.
- Check another way, using a number or contact you already have.
- Report it in Outlook, and tell us quickly if you've clicked.
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