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Beware of this photography scam (and learn how to spot it)
Apr 19, 2023
JT Armstrong
Unfortunately, if you use the internet for work, you probably already know that new scams and scammers pop up every day. Recently, I’ve seen the…
Amazon shoppers order expensive cameras, receive cat food and shoes instead
Mar 14, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Several expensive cameras purchased on Amazon have magically turned into cat food, according to furious shoppers. And it’s not just cameras – it appears that…
I was almost robbed in my own home – beware the new scam targeting photographers
Feb 24, 2023
Richard
There are a lot of scammers targetting photographers, it seems like. I’ve been lucky enough not to have been affected by these, until recently. There…
Scammers using AI images of fake earthquake victims to steal donations
Feb 17, 2023
Alex Baker
Some of the images we’ve seen recently of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria have been heartbreaking. So far, more than 35,000 people have…
Scam alert: Beware of phishing emails pretending to come from Fujifilm
Jan 17, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
If you’re a Fujifilm user and customer, pay close attention to emails you get from the company. People have received spam emails that claim to…
Not surprisingly, those “30 terabyte” SSDs you can buy at Walmart and AliExpress are all a scam
Aug 30, 2022
John Aldred
It’s probably not that much of a surprise to most of us who actually use large storage drives but there seems to be a big…
Scam “photographer” extorts money from famous satirist Bryan Dawe
Aug 22, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Australian satirist, comedian, writer, and artist Bryan Dawe found himself in the middle of a scam that sounds too terrible to be true. In spring…
PSA: Miami Vibes Magazine doesn’t want your photos, it’s a scam
Aug 22, 2022
Bill Cramer
We recently heard from several photographers who received an email from someone claiming to be the creative director of Miami Vibes Magazine, offering to hire…
Photographers and videographers beware: Another scam is going around Instagram
May 27, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
As a photographer on the internet, I’m sure you’ve heard of plenty of scams people try to pull off. Some of them try to steal…
Fake tech support scammers are targeting Canon printer owners for hundreds or thousands of dollars
May 11, 2022
John Aldred
Gizmodo has uncovered almost two dozen complaints to the FTC over websites posing as Canon scamming them out of hundreds or thousands of dollars. New…