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>If you get an unexpected phone call, hang up. Then look up the bank, agency or organization that’s supposedly calling and get in touch directly. They should really add a warning here not to use Google for this unless they have an adblocker installed. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/phishing-for-crypto-half-a... https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-search...
This seems like a new initiative between Google and the CSN to stop people from falling from scams that YouTubers like Kitboga[0] and Jim Browning[1] like to expose. The about page dives into the problem at hand: https://scamspotter.org/about [0]: https://www.youtube.com/c/KitbogaShow [1]: https://www.youtube.com/c/JimBrowning
The current ones are all targeting seniors offering "free" money from the CARES act.
Incredibly ironic that this is headlined by Google since they perpetuate most online scams through SEO and AdWords, where they refuse to investigate too deeply since it would negatively impact their quarterly financials.
And yes, Google itself is degenerating. I'm not sure what the solution is. The Internet has incubated such an economy for fraud, I imagine waking up and the whole thing will hacked.
Incredibly ironic that this is headlined by Google since they perpetuate most online scams through SEO and AdWords, where they refuse to investigate too deeply since it would negatively impact their quarterly financials.
>If you get an unexpected phone call, hang up. Then look up the bank, agency or organization that’s supposedly calling and get in touch directly. They should really add a warning here not to use Google for this unless they have an adblocker installed. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/phishing-for-crypto-half-a... https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-search...
The much I dislike the G company they do a good job of highlighting how to make spotting a scam easy…it feels like first order principles to me…though it's a problem for many not so "internet natives".