Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Phishing Scams Identity Theft - Wed Jan 4, 2012


Phishing Scam Targets Soldiers
Patch.com
By Ryan Smith Service members are being targeted by an aggressive phishing scam, according to a DoD Live report. The scam uses emails that appear to be from financial services company USAA and begin with the subject line, "Deposit posted. ...
Six Nigerians arrested for 'phishingscam in India
Vanguard
The arrests come amid concern about an increase in India of spam — the sending of anonymous unsolicited emails — and “phishing”, when fraudsters obtain personal details from unsuspecting email recipients. A recent report by the Moscow-based global ...
Phishing E-mails Attack Students of Oxford University
SPAMfighter News
In the meantime, several phishing attacks have been hitting the Student Loans Company, with as many as 1400 websites closed during 2011 alone. Nevertheless, it's apparent that despite these closures, scams thrive, exploiting troubled students who would ...
American Airlines warns customers to watch out for scam emails.
33 KDAF-TV
American Airlines warns customers to watch out for suspicious emails that could be part of a scam to gain your personal information. The airline suspects hackers have sent out "phishingemails that started in November. The scam emails are intended to ...
That 'UK lottery you just won' originated in Aarey Colony
Daily News & Analysis
The city crime branch sleuths on Saturday arrested six Nigerian nationals for their alleged involvement in phishing scams and suspects that they would have cheated several people to the tune of lakhs of rupees. The arrested have been identified as Mira ...
Westpac Banking Corporation Cautions about 'Spoofy' E-mail
SPAMfighter News
A particular sample e-mail of the phishing scam, apparently dispatched on December 15, 2011 addressing the recipient as Westpac Online Banking Customer, tells that the bank lately found that various PCs had logged onto his Internet banking account with ...
Selena Gomez Facebook scandal is a scam
GMA News
Once outside Facebook, a user could potentially become victim to malicious malware and phishing scams. — TJD, GMA News We welcome healthy discussions and friendly debate! Please click Flag to alert us of a comment that may be abusive or threatening. ...
New Christmas Gadgets Targetted By Cyber-Criminals
TechWeekEurope UK
Researchers at Dell SecureWorks had noted an “uptick” in phishing scams referencing problems with shipping orders or recent purchases and cancelled deposit slips during the holiday season. Phishing.

Mumbai Police unearth phishing racket, arrest six Nigerians
The Hindu
The accused have indulged in two types of cheating: “prize money scam” and “will scam.” “These people have software generating e-mail ids and mobile numbers. They would randomly select them and send thousands of SMSes and e-mails every day,” Mr. Roy ...

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