The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) issued a scam alert on 21 October 2026 about a document and email sent about a supposed UK work visa application and offer of employment that misuse the nameβ¦
Mcdougalgregor@consultant.com
Alias 'Attorney McDougal Gregor' misusing Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP's name
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a clone firm warning on 21 October 2026 about 'GoTempCover Limited', which it says is not authorised by the FCA but has been contacting people pretending to be an autβ¦
gotempcover.com
support@gotempcover.com
Also uses website drivewisely.app; clone of FCA-authorised firm (FRN 207658)
In research published on 21 October 2026 about fake travel customer-support numbers, Check Point Exposure Management says searches related to Booking.com customer service on Facebook returned answers 'Summarized by Meβ¦
+44-7480-244094
+44-7828-746424 (Facebook page); Meta AI: +44-7846-256304, +44-7888-386743, +1-888-620-3719
Check Point Exposure Management researchers reported on 21 October 2026 a campaign that impersonates more than 20 travel brands, including major airlines, travel agencies and transport companies, by mass-producing fakβ¦
(866) 567-1510
Paired UK number +44-161-568-0019; pool also has +1-888-548-7012, +1-888-274-1875, +1-888-449-8085
TECHBOOK reported on 21 October 2026, in an article also carried by Yahoo News, that a fake WhatsApp app reached around 500,000 downloads in the Google Play Store. It says the listing used the sameβ¦
Google Play app 'WhatsApp Messenger' published by developer 'Agment Assets sallu' (not WhatsApp LLC)
BankInfoSecurity reported on October 20, 2026 on new research from British threat intelligence firm Lab539 into a phone-led fraud operation targeting banking customers that has been live since at least March. Lab539 sβ¦
verify_call.exe posing as 'ShieldWall Defender'; FraudReport.zip with malicious mpclient.dll
Real Broadcasting Network reported on 20 October 2026 that the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, presided over by Justice Ibrahim Salim, adjourned to 26 November 2026 the trial of Nwogba Arinze, also known as 'M',β¦
Defendants Nwogba Arinze (aka 'M') and Sunday Nweke; case FHC/ABJ/CR/612/2026
The Hindustan Times (PTI) reported on 20 October 2026 that Faridabad police arrested six people over a cyber fraud in which a WhatsApp message from an unknown number, displaying a photograph of a company's chairman anβ¦
Spanish fact-checker Maldita.es reported on 20 October 2026 that an email supposedly from the supermarket chain Mercadona promises a food box worth β¬40 for answering a satisfaction survey. The link leads to a page atβ¦
plagearleacajou.swedencentral.cloudapp.azure.com
Path /mcfoodbox/; asks a β¬2.95 'shipping' payment
MalwareTips published a warning on 20 October 2026 about a text message invoking PGA National Resort that refers to a $1,245 charge and directs the recipient to Reservation247 to review, modify or cancel a reservationβ¦
MalwareTips published an investigation on 20 October 2026 into Stallion Power, a male-enhancement gummy promoted through a 'horse soda' or baking-soda trick video. It says the advertising includes fabricated-looking aβ¦
getstallionpower.com
Similar storefronts inspected: stalionpower.com, stallionnpower.com
MalwareTips published an investigation on 20 October 2026 into the 'Dr. Ming Wang blueberry recipe' advertisements, which use the eye surgeon's identity to make a vision supplement look professionally endorsed. A recoβ¦
Idaho's Attorney General warns that almost 400 Idaho Power accounts have seen fraud, with scammers using spoofed out-of-state numbers, fake outage calls and fake sites like energexespower.com. Charges may show as 'Stallion' or 'PayEnergy'.
energexespower.com
Card charges named 'Stallion' or 'PayEnergy'; calls from area codes 224, 470, 725
MalwareTips says drmichaelspencer.com sells 'Men's Growth' pills using Shark Tank-style video, an unverified 'Dr. Julia Caldwell' persona and a claimed Lori Greiner investment. Shark Tank, ABC and Lori Greiner are not shown to be involved.
drmichaelspencer.com
Advertised persona 'Dr. Julia Caldwell' (unverified, per MalwareTips)
Nigeria's EFCC has arraigned three men accused of impersonating blogger Tunde Ednut and using bank accounts opened in that identity to collect β¦18,264,700 from the public. They pleaded not guilty; the case resumes 17 November 2026.
Raymond Charles Yafetus; Auwal Ibrahim; Babangida Yahaya Ibrahim
MalwareTips warns that kintaras.app imitates the Kintara game with a fake $KINS 'reward pool' that pushes visitors to connect crypto wallets; the real game is at kintara.com.
MalwareTips calls Hubbycarts.com a gift card scam: its 'Claim your $750 Target Gift Card' page leads into an affiliate network's sponsored-deal funnel. Target is not running the offer.
MalwareTips warns that the unverified RaidChest.com 'RAID rewards' page mimics Plarium promotion styling and asks players for a character name or ID; Plarium is not shown to be involved.
MalwareTips warns that a male-enhancement 'honey recipe' promotion falsely attributes a recommendation to Elon Musk; its HoneyFil purchase link runs through mynewsera.com to a differently named JellyFil offer.
Crypto commentator BigFang (@dafangbigfang) warns that a two-day-old YouTube channel, 'ε€§ζΉ BigFang Investments' (handle DafangCryptoAnalysis), is impersonating him and replying to his viewers as if it were him.
Lufthansa's verified X account warned that fake 'Lufthansa staff' accounts are replying to customers, after @ClaireDanerjzu pointed a traveller to the Gmail address lufthansasupportdesk9@gmail.com, which is not a Lufthansa channel.
Hong Kong's SFC lists fosunholdings.com as a suspicious website not associated with Fosun International Securities Limited, an SFC-licensed corporation.
The FCA warns that claimmydisrepair.co.uk is a clone firm pretending to be the authorised firm Fountain Finances Limited, which has no connection with it.
The Central Bank of Ireland warns that We Go Insure (wegoinsure.ie) is not authorised to provide insurance intermediary services and has cloned details of authorised firms.
MalwareTips says robx.me, a 'free Robux' generator, is not a Roblox site: it plays fake animations, then pushes surveys, app installs and paid subscriptions, and may ask for Roblox logins.
The Central Bank of Ireland warns that Temp Insure Cover (tempinsurecover.ie) is not authorised to provide insurance intermediary services and has cloned details of authorised firms.
HKICL warns that fpsrefund.club poses as an FPS 'Buyer Online Protection' refund service to collect ID documents and bank account details; HKICL has no affiliation with the site.
The FCA has updated its warning about clone firm 'Arbion Assets / Arbion Assets Management', which pretends to be the authorised firm Arbion Limited using arbionassets.com and arbionassetsmanagement.com.