Quad9, a fast new DNS service designed to automatically prevent you from accessing known malicious websites. Easy to set up, simply change your DNS settings on your router:

Step 1

Open Control Panel, select Network and Internet, and then select Network and Sharing Center. Click Change adapter settings on the left pane.

Step 2

Right click the network interface connected to the internet, and select Properties. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) from the list and click...

Not satisfied with trying to scam me by sending fake Income Tax emails, the Canadian domains are now trying to con people into infecting their computer by sending out emails with the Subject Outlook Updates - 2019-2022

One I have received is apparently sent via porchlight.ca and the body of the email, includes the warning that:-

Hi email address<br><br>Your Outlook Account needs to be updated.<br>We are upgrading our server to a more user friendly...

The National Fraud Information Bureau have become aware of techniques used by romance fraudsters against people using dating sites. Not only will they steal your heart they will steal your money and your identification.

You may think you’ve met the perfect partner through an online dating website or app, but the other person is using a fake profile to form a relationship with you. They’re using the site to gain your trust and ask you for money or enough personal information to steal your...

I have had several scam Income Tax emails recently, most seem to be sent via a Canadian domain - including bonestructure.ca and controlleddemolition.ca A genuine email from the UK tax office would be sent from tax.s##e.gov.uk and most certainly not a Canadian domain.

There was also a HTML part to the message which had a link to the Government Gateway website which actually linked to visionsprings{.} com and not gov.uk and it was also addressed to an email address, not to me by name. All...

Had a couple of these recently, one offering me a Income Tax Refund, but the grammar of the message let it down, I won't say what the errors were as I don't want to help the scammers improve their scams. The second which was sent from a really long email address, possible to obsure the fact that it was NOT sent from gov.uk started off with HM-AccessServer-CustomerTaxRefund-UserInfo8882alana followed by a Canadian domain - jumponline.ca.

This second one was also in Thai or some other...