Nov 7, 2025 | Scam of the Month
Google vs. Review Bombing New tools to fight extortion – finally Avid readers of or blog may recall back in 2022 when we wrote a piece on a new trend of fraudsters using fake negative reviews to extort restaurants. That article was followed just a few...
Aug 27, 2025 | Cybersecurity, Scam of the Month
Phishing for Robots? Scams aren’t just for people anymore. Scammers are targeting AI tools and agents as well. As your friendly neighborhood webgoblin, I spend a fair bit of time looking at cybersecurity news, to find important and interesting things to share...
Jun 30, 2025 | Cybersecurity, Scam of the Month
Watch out for Fraudulent Fraud Inspectors The FBI warns about cybercriminals posing as Health Fraud Inspectors in order to steal personal information. In a Public Service Announcement issued Friday, the FBI warned of criminals “impersonating legitimate...
Feb 21, 2025 | Scam of the Month, Tips
A troll asking you to pay a toll sounds like something out of a nursery rhyme, right? In this scam, a text message says you owe an unpaid invoice for a traffic toll, and includes a payment link. It may look real – but (like the non-internet kind of trolls) the...
Jan 13, 2025 | Scam of the Month, Tips
Have you gotten a text message asking you to reply Y, then close the window and open it again? Here’s why. What’s that all about? Weird, right? So, this phenomenon has to do with some built-in iPhone protections. Android users – don’t stop...
