Friday, January 6, 2012

Phishing Scams Identity Theft - Fri Jan 6, 2012


How To Boost Your Phishing Scam Detection Skills
Lifehacker Australia
Phishing scams — the ones that try to get you to provide private information by masquerading as a legitimate company — are often easy to detect if you have a sceptical approach, but you can get caught out if you let your guard down. ...
Phishing Scam Targets Air Travelers
MyFox Houston
HOUSTON - Emily Akin has a warning about an Internet phishing scam that's flying into airline passenger's email. It revolves around what looks like an official email from American Airlines. Even though the big holiday travel season is over, ...

Better Business Bureau Top 10 Scams
KHSL
She says recently she spotted a suspicious post and wisely chose not to click on it, "It seemed to me like a phishing scam. While I'm not techno savy, I backed out right away." Phishing scams are on the rise. It's where you get a phone call seeking ...
How to avoid scams and protect your privacy on Facebook
TechJournal South
With 800 million active users, there is no better place on the web other than Facebook for scammersphishers, clickjackers, and all other species of Internet villains, perfectly illustrated with last month's barrage of porn image attacks and recent ...

OpenDNS blocked Google's content delivery network
Inquirer
By Dave Neal SUSPICIONS about a phishing scam lead to OpenDNS blocking Google's Content Delivery Network for a while yesterday. Reports about problems with the network and being unable to access it began on 4 January but seem to have been resolved now. ...
Beware Of Various Clever New Year Fraud Scams
GuelphNow
Phishing - Emails from your bank/phone company saying your password has expired – these are called phishing emails – banks/most companies don't ask for your passwords in an email. The suspects are hoping you enter your account number and • Computer ...

Better Business Bureau warns of top 10 scams
The Province
By Susan Lazaruk, The Province January 5, 2012 The group, dedicated to keeping businesses honest, is itself the victim of "brand spoofing," on the Internet also known as "phishing," said president Lynda Pasacreta. Internet fraudsters send BBB clients ...
Even Official Government Websites Are a Scam In Nigeria
Gawker
In the US, Nigeria is well-known for419 scams, where fake princes scam dumb Americans out of millions of dollars in cash. Now even the website for the country's top tech authority has been hacked and turned into a phishing scam...
American Airlines Warns Customers of Phony Emails
MainStreet
By Jeanine Skowronski NEW YORK (MainStreet) — American Airlines (Stock Quote: AMR) is warning consumers to be on the lookout for phishing scams after being forwarded fraudulent emails by other patrons. There is also a copy of a phony fax on the ...

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