Criminals Are Buying Up Misspelling Of Common Domains To Scam Web Surfers

Be aware of online scams when you mistype a common URL such as www.msn.com. This is a screenshot of a webpage one of our security engineers received after typing a web address incorrectly by a single letter. If you look closely, you can see used car salesman themes such as “urgent response needed” or “respond swiftly”.

If someone tries to scam you, help others out by reporting it to the Federal Trade Commission using their online form at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov.