About this episode
John Wilson, Senior Fellow Threat Research at Agari by HelpSystems, discusses business email compromise attacks, Joe shares three stories on different types of scams, the first being a mystery shopper scam, where the scammer tries to get you to buy gift cards at a grocery store, the second one is on, scammers posing as DTE Energy representatives, seeking bill payments, and the final one is about someone showing up to a victims door and demanding money to collect “Money owed” for a family member, Dave's story is on criminals who are using apple pay to scam their way into going on spending sprees, our catch of the day comes from listener Jon, who shares how two men claimed to be owed money after Jon's death, when in fact, John was very alive.
Links to stories:
Mystery shopper scam: How it works and how to avoid it
Phone scam alert: Metro Detroiters receiving phony DTE Energy calls
Police: Man scammed elderly person out of $10K
Criminals Abuse Apple Pay in Spending Sprees
Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.
Get every episode summarized
Each time Hacking Humans publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
