The digital era is thriving, and everyone seems to be getting online. With the rapid development of technology, many people also are going smartphone first instead of having a landline phone or a non-smart phone option. This means there are more opportunities for unwanted calls and even scams to catch you when you least expect it.

As vaccines begin their rollout across many countries, scammers are beginning to exploit this to swindle money from unsuspecting people. Police in Sweden are now reporting of vaccine scams, and urging their citizens to be wary.

No, your car warranty probably isn’t about to expire. And you haven’t just won 20 million on the lottery. It’s just another one of those spam calls. But why does it seem like these calls have suddenly increased?

A new scam is emerging in India and many other countries, attempting to steal money through obtaining credit card details and OTP (One Time Passwords). 

With a large part of the world now WFH (working from home) due to COVID-19, scammers have branched out. They are now using a wide variety of tricks to dupe people into giving them money with new, WFH related scams.