In Brief: Why has there been a 17% increase in suspicious or scam-related activity, and how can you protect yourself? #WednesdayWisdom
Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Increasingly, scammers are relying on our psychological biases to trick us into handing over important data, financial information and our money. There are a growing number of scams that are harder to identify, with scammers using increasingly complex psychological tactics to ‘socially engineer’ their victims into handing over personal data or money.
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