Friday, December 9, 2011

Phishing Scams Identity Theft News - Fri Dec 9, 2011


LSB warns about phishing scams involving e-mail
Foster's Daily Democrat
DOVER — Laconia Savings Bank is warning consumers about the dangers of phishing scams. Phishing is a new twist on an old telemarketing scam that uses email. These criminals send emails to millions of people hoping that even a few will give away ...
Email is phishing attack, Better Business Bureau warns
Wisconsin State Journal
An email purportedly from the Better Business Bureau asking the recipient to open an attachment is not from the organization and instead is a malicious phishing attack, the BBB says. The email is the second phishing attack using the BBB name in three ...
Holiday Scams
WENY-TV
Emails which are actually phishing scams involving bogus courier services during the holidays. The fake courier will send an email saying there is a package waiting for the victim and ask for personal information in order to retrieve it. ...
E-mails from IRS are scam e-mails
Joplin Independent
These are common phishing scams. Many scam e-mails mention refunds, ask about a tax returns or threaten an audit if the e-mail recipient fails to respond. Taxpayers receiving such e-mails should not open any attachments or click on any links because ...
Here we go again on prize scams
South Bend Tribune
You are crazy." She did the right thing -- she hung up which is the best way to handle the scammers. Following are a couple of tips for shopping online to help fight unscrupulous online retailers, scammers and hackers. Beware of phishing...
Fraud losses rocket as banks grow credit card markets
Business Day
"These include phishing for card sensitive information, card not present transactions and counterfeiting," Mr Linstrom said yesterday. "This shift in modus operandi is mainly (responsible for the current) roll-out of chip and pin cards, which several ...

Vuze Forums: .rar files and phishing scams ...
What a scam. It makes you choose a competition entry to start with and then leads you to other pages, all connected with advertising products or selling ...

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