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Cybersecurity experts tracking rise in summer-related scams<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-05-27 08:46:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.tampabay28.com<\/a><\/p>\n

TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 With the summer season approaching, scams are on the rise.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s according to cybersecurity experts.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay 28 spoke with Abhishek Karnik, who is the head of Threat Research and Intelligence for McAfee.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been tracking the increase.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese scams can come at you from many, many different angles,\u201d said Karnik.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s seeing more of the usual phishing scams. Impersonation scams are continuing too, those are getting harder to detect with the use of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

\u201cAI tools have been improving at an incredible pace but also the scammers have been utilizing tools\u2026 These tools and the usage of these tools in the arsenal of scammers is also evolving,\u201d said Karnik.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been an uptick in QR code scams as well.<\/p>\n

Some of the biggest scams experts are seeing as we head into the summer, are travel-related scams, especially as people are on tight budgets.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith people getting ready for travel, everybody still wants to travel, things getting a little more expensive, people are going to look for those deals and when they look for those deals they have to be extra careful,\u201d said Karnik.<\/p>\n

People are booking trips without verifying the websites.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if scammers aren\u2019t able to go through with the entire scam sometimes they\u2019re able to get at least the right amount of information from you that sets you up for the next scam. Essentially, your name, address, and phone number. Any of that information being provided to the scammers can help them create very hyper-personalized scams for the next time around,\u201d said Karnik.<\/p>\n

Scammers are sending fake emails and texts, pretending to be an airline or a hotel, offering an insane limited-time deal\u2014 causing people to enter their personal information on fraudulent websites.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny time somebody is pressurizing you to take that big deal, that\u2019s definitely a red flag,\u201d said Karnik.<\/p>\n

McAfee warns you should be especially wary of emails claiming to be from third-party travel websites, as they tend…<\/p>\n

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