The £20 Scam Starring… You?
🚨 Scene 1: The Shady Message The text claims you’ve got an unpaid Penalty Charge Notice (PCN). You need to pay up before August 1st or risk extra fines, credit score damage, and possibly the wrath of some imaginary council officer. They include a link, looking...
Dial #333 for Cheating Boyfriend Surveillance? Yeah… Don’t!
Or: How to Advertise to Scammers That You’re Exactly the Kind of Person They’re Looking For The Bait: “Just dial this code to see his WhatsApp messages” Let’s get one thing straight. If it were this easy to spy on someone’s encrypted WhatsApp conversations, Mark...
123-Reg and DMARC: A Helpful Start… But Is It Enough?
So, you’ve had a lightbulb moment – new business, new domain! Where do you go? Most folks land on 123-Reg. After all, those “79p for a domain” offers are hard to resist. Skip past the upsells for a second, the real goal is to get into your DNS settings and make sure...
The Fake Legal Lion: A Cautionary Tale from the IP Jungle
There I was, minding my own business and running my IT consultancy like a normal Friday……and bam! into my inbox slithers a very official-looking email with red flags waving like it’s a North Korean parade. “FINAL NOTICE,” it screamed.“Someone is trying to...
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