From Newsgroup: uk.comp.sys.mac
Howard Oakley writes .....
//No matter how good your security is, yourCOre still vulnerable to fraud. ThererCOs 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 canrCOt help either, and keeping macOS up to date is ineffective.
Fraud is a broad category covering apps that arenrCOt exactly malicious
but aim to extract money from you, to those that donrCOt 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 arenrCOt uncommon in the App Store, and there are several
independent folk who generously devote their time to identifying those
that have slipped past ApplerCOs 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/
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Kind regards,
David
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