Back-to-school shopping can be exciting, but it is also a time when online shoppers should be extra careful. Parents, students, and families may be searching for laptops, tablets, backpacks, shoes, uniforms, textbooks, stationery, and other school essentials. Unfortunately, scammers can take advantage of this increased demand by creating fake online stores, misleading advertisements, counterfeit websites,…
As students and parents prepare for the 2026–2027 school year, scammers are taking advantage of the increased demand for scholarships, financial aid, laptops and other educational resources. In August 2026, cybersecurity researchers reported a wave of back-to-school scam campaigns targeting students, parents and educators with fake education grants, scholarship offers, Pell Grant messages, free laptops…
As the 2026 back-to-school season approaches, parents, students, and guardians are spending more time shopping for school supplies, uniforms, electronics, textbooks, accommodation, and other essentials. Unfortunately, scammers also take advantage of this busy period. Fake online stores, misleading advertisements, phishing messages, scholarship scams, and fraudulent payment requests can make back-to-school shopping risky. The good news…
A new online shopping scam is targeting people searching for discounted Nintendo Switch 2 consoles. The scam uses attractive marketplace listings, unusually low prices, and instructions telling potential buyers to contact the seller by text message before purchasing. Recent reports describe Switch 2 listings on marketplaces such as Whatnot that advertise unusually cheap consoles and…
ClickFix scams are a form of social engineering that trick people into performing actions that can expose their computers to malware. Instead of simply asking victims to download a suspicious file, scammers may use fake CAPTCHA tests, browser errors, security alerts, or software-update messages to persuade users to copy and run commands. The technique has…
Malicious browser notifications are unwanted alerts that can appear on your computer or smartphone after a website has been given permission to send notifications. While browser notifications are a legitimate feature used by many trusted websites, scammers can abuse them to promote misleading content, phishing pages, unwanted software, and fraudulent offers. The good news is…
Fake tech support pop-ups are deceptive browser messages designed to make you believe that your computer, phone, or browser has a serious security problem. They may claim that your device is infected with a virus, that your personal information is at risk, or that you must contact technical support immediately. Although these warnings can look…
Fake CAPTCHA scams are becoming an increasingly important online safety concern. These scams imitate familiar “I’m not a robot” verification pages and attempt to persuade visitors to perform actions that have nothing to do with legitimate human verification. A genuine CAPTCHA may ask you to identify images, type characters, or complete another simple challenge. A…
Seeing repeated Mairozisha.com pop-ups or browser notifications can be frustrating, especially when they appear while you are browsing other websites. In many cases, unwanted notifications are caused by a website having permission to send notifications through your browser. The good news is that you can usually stop these alerts by removing the website’s notification permission,…
