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Don’t be a victim of fraud!

From "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac, alt.computer.workshop
Subject Don’t be a victim of fraud!
Date 2026-04-19 12:30 +0100
Message-ID <n4jsmjFanm2U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)

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Howard Oakley writes .....

//No matter how good your security is, you’re still vulnerable to fraud. 
There’s nothing in macOS to protect you, fraudulent apps are commonly 
notarised and some are even supplied from the App Store. Software 
firewalls such as Lulu and Little Snitch can’t help either, and keeping 
macOS up to date is ineffective.

Fraud is a broad category covering apps that aren’t exactly malicious 
but aim to extract money from you, to those that don’t come close to 
doing what they claim. By far the most common and obvious are those that 
promise loans and other financial benefits, then just fleece you. Sadly, 
those aren’t uncommon in the App Store, and there are several 
independent folk who generously devote their time to identifying those 
that have slipped past Apple’s scrutiny, which appears more focussed on 
detecting true malware.//

More, here:- 
https://eclecticlight.co/2026/04/19/last-week-on-my-mac-dont-be-a-victim-of-fraud/

-- 
Kind regards,
David

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