Poste Italiane is strengthening its efforts to prevent digital scams with the "A scammer can't do anything without you" campaign, which includes manipulation, instant transfers, and online security.
Enel Spaces are hosting meetings open to citizens dedicated to preventing telephone and digital scams. The workshops, held in collaboration with the Carabinieri, offer practical tools for recognizing and uncovering the most common scams.
Following the controversy surrounding delivery riders, Glovo faces new challenges related to payment transparency. Charges that don't match expectations and insane percentages are rekindling the issue of trust, further exacerbated by the inability to directly contact customer support.
The "filters" imposed on telephone operators don't work. Fake foreign numbers and cloned Italian numbers are used to circumvent the blocks. The weapons for self-defense? Few and blunt.
Criminals disguised as fraudsters claim 1.5 million victims, generating a turnover exceeding €600 million a year. How to avoid the false illusion of rock-bottom prices. Advice from IVASS.
Summer 2025: relaxation and travel... but also digital scams. From phantom vacation rentals to tampered QR codes, here are the most common scams and practical tips to protect yourself from cybercriminals while on vacation.
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today between the Carabinieri and Intesa Sanpaolo, with the aim of promoting the prevention and fight against financial fraud.
The 2024 Postal Police report highlights the increase in online scams, financial fraud and the use of cryptocurrencies in digital crimes. It also analyses the fight against cyberterrorism, child pornography and other cyber crimes, with over 54.000 files opened in one year…
Online scams increase during the Christmas holidays and Black Friday. And with Artificial Intelligence they become even more sophisticated. Recommendations to avoid unpleasant surprises and buy with complete peace of mind
Consob raises the alarm against financial scams on WhatsApp, where scammers disguised as Morgan Stanley and BlackRock deceive investors. Beware of phishing too
Fintech scams are on the rise, with Revolut particularly hard hit. Losses from authorised push payment scams hit £2023m in 460, with companies often failing to pay refunds after accusing consumers…
The latest FBI report reports a 45% increase in cryptocurrency fraud in 2023, with losses of over $5,6 billion. Techniques such as investment scams and the fraudulent use of Bitcoin ATMs are especially targeting the elderly. Here…
With the end of the energy contracts of greater protection and the flop of the "register" that was supposed to prevent unwanted commercial calls, the traps of the pirate call center are multiplying. From "spoofing" to the Portuguese scam on job offers. Here…
Telephone scams, to the detriment of Tim and other operators, are constantly increasing. The campaign aims to protect users from disruptions and unexpected charges
The Bank of Italy intervenes: be wary of online videos that show Governor Panetta promoting investments or financial applications, these are deepfakes created to deceive people. This phenomenon threatens the credibility of institutional figures and could cause economic damage…
Complaints from customers of banks and financial companies to the Bank of Italy will increase in 2023, with a real boom in complaints related to the Superbonus. According to the Bank of Italy report, reports relating to scams are also growing...
Consob celebrates Christmas with a record achievement, but the chances of recovering the funds remain slim. The scheme of scams is always the same: tempting bait and empty promises
It happens every year: during the holidays, attempts at online scams increase and new ones appear such as fake emails, fake invoices, silent phone calls, incessant WhatsApp messages and more. The preferred medium is the smartphone. And the Guarantor of…
Close to the Christmas holidays, scams are increasing and phishing attempts are multiplying. Some tips on how to check emails and not fall victim to cybercriminals
According to the Europol report, using ChatGPT for scammers is easier and faster to design increasingly likely frauds. N26 online banking experts tell us how to defend ourselves
The investigation by the Court of Milan: the two companies, which both belong to French multinationals with state capital, must answer for labor exploitation, illegal hiring, tax fraud
The Competition and Market Authority has closed the websites Bancodellasalute.it and officinalia.com. Numerous reports of consumers who complained of having made purchases without receiving goods, refunds or assistance
As happens during all holiday periods, this Christmas too sees the number of emails sent at random by web scammers multiply, to try to steal identities, credit card numbers and/or site access credentials
A millionaire scam according to the Ponzi scheme, already experimented by the old Madoff, alarms Florence: the Gdf investigates on behalf of the Public Prosecutor's Office but between 3 and 4 million who had improvidently entrusted themselves to an unscrupulous would have already disappeared ...
The frontier of telephone and Internet scams is becoming ever more articulated, sophisticated, devious. Here's how not to fall for the deception and unmask the cheaters on the net.
In collaboration with Altroconsumo, the Enel X guide was created with the aim of increasing users' awareness of digital payments and how to defend themselves against online scams by adopting responsible behavior
Most university students have little familiarity with financial issues and for this reason they are more exposed to online scams - This is what emerges from the Financial Education Observatory in collaboration with UniCredit
In the latest Annual Report, presented on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its birth, the Authority takes stock of the most common unfair commercial practices to the detriment of consumers
Several users have received an e-mail message that looks like a communication from the Institute, but it is actually a phishing attempt that aims to extort the bank details of the victims
Online scams to the detriment of consumers are increasing - The Antitrust continues to monitor the web to sanction all the unfair commercial practices promised by the jackals of the Coronavirus
From the fake home tampon to phishing via e-mail, passing through the (useless) masks sold for their weight in gold: here are all the scams related to the coronavirus
VIDEO - Under the direction of the Milan prosecutor's office, the Guardia di Finanza, in collaboration with Ivass, identified and obscured 222 sites that sold fake insurance policies, deceiving users with various tricks
Facile.it has drawn up a small handbook to avoid nasty surprises during the summer period: not all cards active in Italy can be used abroad; some can be enabled, but with limitations - Here are the ten golden rules.
