Thursday, January 5, 2012

Phishing Scams Identity Theft - Thu Jan 5, 2012


Better Business Bureau ranks Top 10 scams of 2011
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Phishing Scam: It starts with a suspicious phone call asking for personal information, or an email that puts a virus on your computer in an effort to steal information. The BBB said that “the most pernicious phishing scam this year disguised itself as ...

Phishing scam
Heber Springs Sun-Times
By James Jackson The Sun-Times has been alerted of a phishing scam hitting e-mail inboxes nationwide. The e-mail is disguised as an electronic copy of a purchased airline ticket. It is advised that if anyone does receive this e-mail, they should report ...
Beware of local scam
KSNT
It is a common "phishingscam for criminals to cold call persons and attempt to get their bank account or credit card information over the phone by claiming to be a legitimate company or government entity. Police say, as a standard practice, ...
Scam emails 'as Gaeilge' to fool users
Irish Independent
The IT expert said 90pc of emails phishing for information and money were stopped at the internet server level. "This one is very new. We noticed the first one yesterday and then got a second one," he said. "They are constantly trying to find ways to ...
Cyber Crime 2012: IID Predicts Summer Olympic, Voting, Infrastructure as Targets
Credit Union Times
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 Olympics vendors. Elections altered; with 2012 being a ...
My experience with a Facebook hacker
Computerworld (blog)
Phishing scams are traditionally conducted through zombie computers that distribute emails. It's pretty common to have received a phishing scam via email from a co-worker or other colleague. I wouldn't have thought twice about that.



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