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A happy young runner jogs along a glowing path marked with red location pins, while a large, shadowy figure in a dark hoodie watches him through binoculars from the background.

Knowing Where You Are!

May 25, 2026 3 min read
On the left, a surprised young boy with glasses looks at his smartphone, which displays a message: "BANK CREDIT: $1000." The scene is brightly lit with warm orange tones. On the right, separated by a vertical glow, a mysterious figure in a dark hoodie with a stylized, grinning mask talks on a corded telephone. The hacker’s side is cast in a cool, dark blue light, emphasizing the contrast between the victim's excitement and the fraudster's deception.

Asking For A Refund!

May 18, 2026 3 min read
A small, mischievous hacker character in a blue hoodie and mask stands on a wooden signpost. The sign prominently displays the text "my.subdomain.com" in bold blue letters. The character is pointing toward a dark, tech-heavy background filled with server racks, glowing indicators, and computer monitors, suggesting a data center or server room. The imagery illustrates how fraudsters use legitimate-looking subdomains to bypass security filters and gain user trust for phishing or hosting malicious content.

Rented Subdomains!

May 11, 2026 3 min read
The left monitor displays a logo resembling Microsoft with the text "micrsoft.com" (missing the "o"). A large magnifying glass is held over the right monitor, revealing the text "nicosoft.com" (replacing "mi" with "ni"). The image uses a moody pink and blue color palette to represent a cybercrime setting, specifically illustrating a typosquatting phishing attack.

Typosquats!

April 20, 2026 3 min read
A woman in a stylish yellow dress stands in an art gallery, admiring a large, vibrant painting of a sunset over the ocean, while a man in a sharp suit stands beside her, gesturing toward the artwork as if telling a persuasive story about its origin or value.

Selling Stories (Art & Memorabilia Fraud)!

April 13, 2026 2 min read
A man in a suit stands confidently on a podium labeled "SCAM Resistant!" and points toward a glowing line chart, while a group of cheering men in suits gathers behind him and two hooded, grinning figures with glowing green eyes watch from the foreground.

Overconfident People!

April 6, 2026 3 min read
A worried boy holds a smartphone while a large, hooded cartoon fraudster looms out of a giant phone screen next to him, both surrounded by speech bubbles demanding "OTP!".

SIM Swapping!

March 30, 2026 3 min read
Fuzzy pink monsters - representing malware and bugs - with wide, toothy grins and frantic expressions swarm around an open laptop displaying a website management dashboard, suggesting a viral infection or malicious takeover of a WordPress-style site.

WordPress!

March 23, 2026 3 min read
A person in a dark hoodie shakes hands with another person in front of a suburban house marked with a "For Sale" sign, while the actual owner reads newspaper under the glow of the sunset.

Stealing Real Estate!

March 9, 2026 3 min read
A large magnifying glass hovers over a dark browser address bar, highlighting the URL "https://www.google.com/search?q=m%C3%ACcrosoft.com" with a small accent over the 'i' to illustrate how homoglyphs are used in deceptive phishing attacks.

Homoglyphs!

February 16, 2026 3 min read
The image is a four-piece puzzle mosaic illustrating the exploitation of public data: the top-left shows a global view of city lights; the top-right features a mountain of social media icons looming over a pile of data; the bottom-left shows a building entrance labeled "OPEN DATA" buried under stacks of documents; and the bottom-right shows a desk with a laptop and a string of hanging documents and photos, all connected by the puzzle pieces.

Public Data!

January 26, 2026 3 min read
A grinning, cartoonish figure with a black eye mask and headphones holds a book labeled "FREE GAME" and a fishing pole with a hook, with glowing lights and strings in the background.

To Be Your Gaming Buddy!

January 12, 2026 2 min read
A distressed young woman is seen holding a large stack of cash, offering it to a serious-looking man in a suit who holds a document, standing outside an office window labeled "DreamJob Ltd" with a prominent sign reading "FEE REQUIRED!"

Job Seekers!

January 5, 2026 3 min read
A group of shadowy figures with glowing eyes stands in a dark room with exposed brick, facing a brightly lit doorway labeled "CREDENTIALS" through which silhouetted victims emerge, all under a neon sign that reads "FRESH VICTIMS" above numerous screens displaying facial profiles.

To Stay In Touch!

December 29, 2025 3 min read
A wide-eyed boy wearing glasses looks startled as a large, glowing cookie covered in binary code erupts from his laptop screen, while a shadowy, hooded figure reaches over his shoulder, trying to steal the cookie.

Cookies!

December 22, 2025 3 min read
A cartoon money bag labeled "ACCOUNT" is sound asleep in a bed covered with cash and loudly snoring "ZZZ," while a shadowy figure with bright eyes wearing a red mask peeks through the window, reaching in.

Dormant Accounts!

December 8, 2025 2 min read
Four-panel mosaic featuring a cartoonishly evil, horned, pink monster, illustrating various activities: the top-left shows it happily drinking from a cup labeled "Data," the top-right shows it aggressively emerging from a laptop screen surrounded by virus symbols, the bottom-left shows a close-up of its face filling a browser window, and the bottom-right shows it peering through a magnifying glass from inside a screen.

Browser Extensions!

December 1, 2025 3 min read
A nervous customer talks on a phone while holding a gift card marked "500," completely unaware that a shadowy, hooded figure is standing directly behind her, secretly monitoring her on their own phone.

Gift Cards!

November 24, 2025 3 min read
The image is a vertical five-panel comic strip showing a fraudster's evolution. It begins with a young boy playing a video game, then shows him as a teen doing the same, followed by a professional man in a suit at a desk, then a more corporate figure with a laptop, and finally a sinister, well-dressed villain standing over a Bitcoin.

To Evolve!

November 17, 2025 2 min read
Two shocked men stand in a room, staring in horror as an "INSTANT PAY" terminal bursts with fiery, lightning-like energy and pulls in the cash.

Instant Payments!

November 3, 2025 2 min read
A criminal with large, glowing eyes stands outside a suburban house at night, holding a stack of mail that they have just retrieved from a mailbox in search of a chequebook.

Cheques!

October 27, 2025 3 min read
A concerned, bespectacled man with a beard stands with his arms crossed, looking at a large screen displaying a glowing Google search page with an "Ad" for a bank, while a small, shadowy hooded figure with blue eyes lurks in the background.

Google Ads!

October 20, 2025 2 min read
A hooded, cartoon-like figure with large, wide eyes sits at a desk between two computer monitors, studying a book titled "How To Scam Plan" in a dimly lit room with bookshelves.

To Skill Up!

October 13, 2025 2 min read
A boy and a girl stand on a city street looking up at a large billboard with the Amazon logo and a big arrow pointing down to a storefront that is also labeled "Amazon," while a small, shadowy figure peeks out of a building with an "Amzon" sign.

Digital Marketing Tools!

October 6, 2025 2 min read