StarSilver: A guide to spotting and preventing online scams


Crooks can hijack your phone and steal your passwords but they will find it very difficult to copy your fingerprint. Enabling biometrics on your phone gives you extra security.

In the past, scammers had to dress up and contact victims in person. Today, scammers can create a fake online identity, complete with photos, website, phone numbers, and email addresses that look totally legitimate.

They can even make deepfakes, where they have stolen a real person’s face and voice – and made fake videos.

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