Tag: Phishing

PRCA warns members of phishing scam emails

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has warned its members to be vigilant of suspicious emails purporting to be from PRCA staff, following an increase in phishing scam emails during the COVID-19 crisis. The warning comes after the PRCA has been made aware of an increase in the number of phishing emails fraudulently claiming to be from PRCA staff. If you believe you may have received one of the emails, please take the following steps. 1. Check the sender’s email address Scammers will try to disguise their email address because…

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‘Phish & Chips’ Van Lets You Pay For A Meal With Scam Phishing Emails And Smishing Texts

Stuart Mitchell

The nation is in the grip of a phishing epidemic, with a staggering three quarters (74 per cent) of Britons targeted by scammers with phishing emails, smishing texts and vishing calls. With each person targeted receiving an average of 16 fraudulent emails, texts or calls last year, this means up to 600 million phishing, smishing and vishing attempts potentially took place in the UK in the last 12 months. In order to raise public awareness of the UK’s major phishing problem, Santander UK has given a truly British institution a…

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