The reviews you leave online can give clues to scammers: understand the risk
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The reviews you leave online can give clues to scammers: understand the risk

RFM9 September 2026 at 18:10

Reviewing restaurants or products online seems like a harmless and common activity, but researchers discovered that reviews can reveal information that helps scammers.

These researchers found useful clues in the reviews left by users that can be exploited by cybercriminals to create more convincing phishing attacks.

Scammers use this personal information obtained from reviews to personalize their attacks, making them more credible and harder to identify.

The article warns about the risk associated with excessive sharing of details in online reviews, which can be collected and used maliciously.

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