Monday, January 9, 2012

Phishing Scams Identity Theft - Mon Jan 9, 2012


Microsoft refunds victim of Xbox Live phishing scam
Computerandvideogames.com
Microsoft has refunded an Xbox Live user who hit headlines this week for discovering she was the victim of an overseas phishing scam. The user in question explained that her account was compromised on multiple occasions and used to purchase 1000s of ...
Victim of Xbox Live phishing scam gets refund, account restored
VG247
Microsoft has restored the Xbox Live account and refunded all unauthorized charges accrued due to a “phishing scam” XBL user SusanT suffered when her account was sold to the highest bidder on a Chinese website. “While we do not ordinarily comment on ...
The never-ending cyber chase
The Hindu
According to the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report 2010, online scams accounted for 20 per cent in India (compared to 11 per cent globally), while phishing accounted for 19 per cent in India (10 per cent globally). Banks would inevitably be ...

Internet security
Manila Bulletin
Edgardo Angara, chair of the committee, said Internet security should be a legislative priority of Congress to ensure that Filipinos are protected against cyber crimes such as malware invasion,phishing scams and sexual predation. ...
Keeping up with the bad guys
SouthCoastToday.com
Top Phishing Scam: The worst example of this con, where scammers send out official-looking emails trying to get recipients to divulge personal information or download malicious software, was a message claiming to be from the National Automated Clearing ...
Bid or Buy Review: Avoiding the Bidorbuy Scam
King of How To News
That said, there are several complaints regarding BOB fraud; and the company itself warns members about BOB phishing scams which frequently target its members. If you sign up to Bidorbuy, you're likely to get some pretty authentic looking phishing ...



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