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The dangers of pirated games, activation codes on gray-market sites, and ready-made accounts in official stores.

Be it Fortnite, League of Legends, or good old Archero, risks abound for online gaming. Learn about the threats so you can avoid them.

Inexpensive, no-fuss Burning Man tickets for sale online. Just one problem: They’re fake.

Under the pretext of compensation for data leaks, fraudsters are selling “temporary U.S. social security numbers.”

Two schemes whereby a victim receives money — and neither one is good news.

How to protect your Instagram account and personal photos from prying eyes.

While surfing through Black Friday super deals, can you spot a real one from a dupe?

Scammers prey on people’s kindness. We tell you how to distinguish them from those who are truly in need.

A new scam aims to unlink a stolen iPhone from the victim’s Apple ID so it will fetch a higher price.

Using persuasion instead of viruses: How scammers talk people into granting remote access to their computers.

Tempted to stream Game of Thrones free? Be very cautious: You might pay for it with your passwords and credit card details.

Airbnb scamming becomes automated and streamlined.

Tempted to find the movie Avengers: Endgame online? Be cautious: A lot of websites promise to deliver but collect your passwords and credit card details instead.

Fake technical support websites and accounts in social networks pose a real danger. How to spot and avoid them.

Do not expect data encrypted by ransomware to be restored easily. It is better to protect the data in the first place.

Scammers are sending tons of YouTube direct messages pretending to be from top YouTubers. They’re phishing. Here’s how the scheme works.

Meet Lenny, the voice chatbot that can be used against telemarketers and phone scammers.

Twitter cryptocurrency scams are becoming more and more advanced and convincing, with scammers using new techniques and some heavy artillery.

How scammers are exploiting the GDPR fuss to extract personal data.

New Steam scams trick users into giving up money or account access.

Attackers pretending to be acquaintances asking for money — the story is old, the approaches new. We show you how to avoid the e-bait.