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Exposing Scams
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Offering a popular website or web service is not always a blessing. This especially becomes apparent when you have to deal with security related issues like phishing attacks. Facebook is without doubt one of the most popular sites on the Internet these days and it therefor comes unsurprisingly that the service is regularly attacked.
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- Avoiding Twitter Phishing Scams: Don't Click On That Link (flyteblog.com)
- Twitter Phishing Scam Spreading Through Direct Messages, Tweets (huffingtonpost.com)
- Trojan behind phishing scam can be found via Google (itbusiness.ca)
MANHATTAN BEACH -- A Romanian national is under arrest after police say he tried to install a "skimming" device on a bank ATM in Manhattan Beach. George Puflene, 26, is believed to be part of an organized crime ring that "skimmed" $70,000 from customers' accounts, police said.
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From megite.com
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- Nearly 500 People Fall Victim To ATM Skimming Scam (search.msn.com)
- Nearly 500 People Victim To ATM Skimming Scam (search.msn.com)
- Australian Banks rule out SMS for ATM withdrawals (textually.org)
Fraudsters frequently pretend to be from official or official-sounding organizations and companies to perpetuate their scams, but one group has kicked the chutzpah level up to a whole new level. They're running a sweepstakes scam by pretending to be real people from the FTC, one the very organizations charged with stopping them. Red Tape Chronicles reports: In one case, a 67-year-old building inspector from Washington state named Ralph (he...
From consumerist.com
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- Wicked new wrinkle: Scammers impersonate FTC officials (redtape.msnbc.com)
Can you believe it's nearly the end of October already? Amazing. This week has seen quite a few new Web search developments, so let's get right to it:
Pew: Almost 20 Percent of Internet Users Update Status With Twitter (Or Other Social Net): This statistic is almost unbelievable, isn't it? If you Twitter, let us know in the comments below (I'm @wboswell on Twitter).
Full Circle In Sight As Inventor Of The World Wide Web Signs Up For Twitter...
From z.about.com
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- Unemployment Debit Cards Targeted by Scammers (huliq.com)
- Debit card scammers return to DWK (castanet.net)
E-mail scams targeting users of social media sites like Twitter and Facebook are blurring the lines between traditional phishing attacks and those designed to plant password-stealing malicious software on the victim's PC. For the past week, scammers have been blasting out e-mails that at first glance appear to be run-of-the-mill phishing scams aimed at stealing user names and passwords from Facebook users. The messages urge recipients to...
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From blog.washingtonpost.com
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Sooner Boomer writes "Nigerian police in what is named Operation 'Eagle Claw' have shut down 800 scam web sites, and arrested members of 18 syndicates behind the fraudulent scam sites. Reports on Breitbart.com and Pointblank give details on the busts. The investigation was done in cooperation with Microsoft, to help develop smart technology software capable of detecting fraudulent emails. From Breitbart 'When operating at full capacity, within...
From rss.slashdot.org
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- Description of '419' or 'Nigerian' Scams (associatedcontent.com)
- Nigerian Oil Firm Plans to List in London (search.msn.com)
- Operation Eagle Claw nets 18 Nigerian spammers (theregister.co.uk)
Rogue anti-virus products are among the latest phishing instruments to appear, and many are quite convincing. Bearing names like Antivirus 2009, AntiVirmin 2009, and AntiSpyware 2009, they have interfaces similar to those of real antivirus apps.
From itbusiness.ca
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- Phishing, Worms Spike This Year, Say Microsoft and McAfee (blogs.technet.com)
- Identity Theft Protection (pirillo.com)
- New Holiday Phishing Scams Target Inbox: MessageLabs Report (feedburner.com)
With all the newspaper, TV, magazine, and Internet warnings out there, it's astonishing that so many people still fall victim to the many high-tech con games. There are several email and web pages scams that will fool you into typing your private information. "Phishing scams" are very convincing to the untrained, but with just a little bit of guidance, you can easily spot when you are getting scammed online. Check out Jeremy's phishing article...
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From z.about.com
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What better way to mark National Cyber Security Awareness Month than by throwing a phish phry?! Each October, the Department of Homeland Security highlights the importance of protecting cyberspace - trying to enlist your help.
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From idahostatesman.com
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There is a warning about a new scam that could cost you big bucks. It involves text messages claiming to be from Chase, but they're not. When Ken Gordon got an urgent text message from his bank he quickly responded. Since Gordon signed up for his bank's alert system he called the number and entered his account information. Gordon is among countless cell phone users who have been targeted by scam artists. Posing as banks, they send texts trying...
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