Phishing Scam Identity Theft News - Wed Dec 21, 2011

Phishing Scam Targets MobileMe Customers The Mac Observer There's a new Phishing scam targeting Apple's MobileMe customers. The scam attempts to get users to send their MobileMe login information—which for some customers is the same as their iTunes account—by posing as a spoofed letter from Internet service ...

BBB warns against e-mail 'phishing' scam Bizjournals.com An e-mail phishing scam has prompted the Better Business Bureau to release updated advice for recipients to avoid transmitted malware. BBB members nationwide have received e-mails with the organization name and logo and a subject line that says, ...

Emails about holiday packages you shipped may be from a scammer ABC2 News They use shipping scams to get it. According to the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland, there's been an uptick in those phishing scams, which get carried out through email. The scammers send messages saying your package has been shipped....

Online Voting, London Olympics and Infrastructure Cyber Attacks Top IID ... MarketWatch (press release) 1) London Summer Olympics cyber attacks -- Heading into the 2012 London Summer Olympics, cybercriminals will look to capitalize on the hype by tricking people with phishing scams impersonating the Summer Olympics official website and/or official Summer ...

Lady Gaga fans hit by hack on Twitter and Facebook BBC News Attached links directed more than 100000 of her followers to a site requesting personal details, possibly as part of a phishing scam. The 25-year-old, Twitter's most followed user, later tweeted: "Phew. The hacking is over!" Her Facebook page, which is ...

calls from fake Fair Trading staff Cowra Community News THE consumer watchdog has issued an urgent warning to consumers about phishing scams involving major banks and bogus calls from fake Fair Trading representatives after the attempted swindle of a Dubbo woman. New South Wales Fair Trading Commissioner, ...

Better watch out: 'Tis the season to get scammed Rome Sentinel Don't fall victim to phishing scams, especially during the holiday shopping season, warns NBT Bank. Phishing is a twist on an old telemarketing scam, but uses e-mail. These criminals send e-mails to millions of people hoping that even a few will give ...

BBB of Acadiana alerts residents to be aware of holiday scams KATC Lafayette News BBB Advice: Don't click on any links or open any attachments to emails until you have confirmed that they are not malicious. Email addresses that don't match up, typos and grammatical mistakes are common red flags of a malicious phishing email. ...

FTC Asks ICANN To Scale Back Domain Plan Mediapost.com by Wendy Davis, Yesterday, 4:23 PM A planned expansion of available domain names could result in a proliferation of phishing scams, the Federal Trade Commission warns in a letter to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ... Phi

WARNING: Fake Facebook Messages Serve As Phish Bait AllFacebook The perpetrators of this latest phishing scam are counting on users' curiosity and trust in their social networks. The cybercriminals send a brief note — something along the lines of, “I Googled your name and found this,” or, “This photo of you is ..

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