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Here is our first Geek Squad scam email for 2025. Every year scammers send out fake Geek Squad Auto-Renewed Subscription emails, which they use to trick potential victims into contacting them at the fake customer or technical support telephone number 1-888-63-0241. If contacted, the scammers will steal their victims' account credentials, person...

NFCU has received reports about fraudulent text messages circulating, claiming NFCU texts will originate from numbers like 21398 or 40554 starting Feb. 16th. Please be aware that these texts are NOT from them. If you receive a text regarding your Northern account that you weren’t expecting, don’t respond. Instead, contact NFCU directly....

I want to warn everyone of the Wells Fargo text scam below from 801-899-6106. I received the text followed by a phone call from the scammer pretending to be a Wells Fargo fraud representative. I knew Wells Fargo never calls, however, they do text but what also made me alert is that the text never came from a 10-digit number. Be on the lookout for t...

Be aware there are Netflix email and text scams asking recipients to update their payment method. The scams claim there is a billing issue with the recipients' accounts and ask them to click a link to rectify the problem. But, the link goes to a fake and phishing Netflix website that steals account credentials, personal, and financial informati...

The "Apple Security Alert" text below, which claims an Apple Pay Pre Authorization was made on the recipient's iCloud account, is a scam. The fake message is a trick scammers use to frighten potential victims into contacting them at a fake Apple support telephone number....

The "Apple Approval Notice" text message below, which claims an Apple Pay Pre Authorization was made on the recipient's iCloud account, is a scam. The fake message is a trick scammers use to frighten potential victims into contacting them at a fake Apple support telephone number....

The "Walmart Playstation" calls below, which claim a pre-authorized purchase of PlayStation 5 with a special edition impulse 3D headset has been ordered on the recipients' accounts is a scam. The scams aim to trick potential victims into disclosing their personal and financial information, which will be used fraudulently by scammers....

The "Unpaid Toll' text below, which claims recipients' vehicles have an unpaid toll invoice and to avoid excessive late fees on their bills, they need to reply to the text, is a scam. Scammers are sending the text scam messages from a 63 country code assigned to the Philippines....

I just received a text that identified as Apple Pay verifying a charge to my Apply Pay credit card and asking me to call if I didn’t make the purchase. They told me there were multiple changes that looked suspicious and wanted me to download an app from the App Store. I hung up and called Apple CS via a number found on the Internet....

I keep receiving text messages regarding a charge to my Apple Pay account, asking me to call Apple Apple Support at 1-833-398-0580. When I called the number, a scammer claimed that my account had unauthorized charges. The scammers attempted to trick me into disclosing my personal and financial information, but I told him this is a scam, and he hung...

The PNC Alert scam which claims there was some suspicious activity detected on the recipients' account is being sent by scammers. The aim of the scammers is to trick and frighten potential victims into clicking the link in it. The link goes to a phishing website that steals personal information, account credentials, and banking information, whi...

Has anyone received an email or text message that appears to be from "Heinecke Welding LLC" regarding PayPal? If you have, please share what you know in a comment below. It appears there is a scam either impersonating or using Heinecke Welding LLC. When I get more information, I will update this post....