Phishing Scam Identity Theft News - Wed Nov 30, 2011

UPS Phishing Scam Targets Cyber Monday Shoppers PC Magazine This latest email scam has been mutating and progressing since early November, according to antispam vendor Cloudmark, with reports spiking over Thanksgiving weekend. “We've seen a number of variants in this campaign (some with attachments, ...

Holidays Are Prime Time for Phishing Scams NewsFactor Network The most effective phishing scams are ones consumers least expect. Phishing always spikes with holiday shopping, celebrity scandals, weather disasters and big sporting events. Here are some tips from experts on how to protect yourself. ...

BBB Reports Phishing Scam BankInfoSecurity.com The Better Business Bureau has issued a scam alert about phishing e-mails that claim to be from the BBB. The e-mails, which ask consumers to act on a "recently filed complaint," contain malicious attachments, according to the BBB. "This is ascam - BBB ...

French Facebook phishing scam: 5000 accounts compromised ZDNet (blog) By Emil Protalinski | November 28, 2011, 11:20am PST Summary: A phishing scam in France has tricked thousands of users to log in to a fake Facebook website. If you think you may have been affected, make sure to change your password. An e-mail phishing ...

UPS Phishing Scam Targets Cyber Monday Shoppers Digital Silence There is a new phising attack that starts with an email that says "UPS package not delivered." “We've seen a number of variants in this campaign (some with attachments, some with no attachments and bad links), all of them personalized to the recipient, ...

Business briefs: BBB warns of phishing scams misusing its name The Tennessean The Better Business Bureau says phishers are misusing its name to send malicious emails to businesses in Middle Tennessee. The emails, sent from legitimate-sounding but fake addresses such as risk@bbb.org and service@bbb.org, contain “Complaint ...

'Tis the Season for Cyber Scams and Phishing Attacks IT Business Edge (blog) If an employee sees a suspicious email that appears to come from some internal organization, they need to know whom to report it to and that group needs to check each report quickly in order to make sure any phishing attack is mitigated before it can ...

Security firms warn of UPS scam TG Daily Online shoppers are being warned to beware of a phishing scam which exploits this week's shopping frenzy by sending an email purporting to come from UPS. Victims receive an email warning them that a package couldn't be delivered, and asking them to...

Facebook users warned of sophisticated scam Ninemsn The sophisticated phishing scam is more dangerous than usual as it mimics the process used by Facebook to weed out trolls and abusers of the service's terms of use. Users are warned not to click on any links that contain the message: "LAST WARNING: ...

'Cyber Week' a reminder of fraud risks Spencer Daily Reporter Phishing has expanded to include fake Facebook and Twitter promotions, fake bank or shipping alerts and gift coupon scams. Speaking of social media, Greenwood also warned against having too much personal information available on such sites, ...

Expert Advice For Avoiding Online Phishing Scams | Apartment ... By Gregory Han Increasingly this means firing up the ole browser and shopping online. But alongside the growth of online-only deals is an increase of online crimes via phishing scams. So we asked a security expert to offer tips on how to avoid taking the bait ...

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