Phishing Scams Identity Theft - Thu Feb 2, 2012

Facebook survey scam bundled with phishing attempt Help Net Security Facebook survey scammers have lately become great fans of browser add-ons that force scammy messages onto the victims' Wall and News feed, but in a recent campaign they went even further and are trying to fool the users into sharing their Facebook ...

Vacation rental scams catch more travelers The Seattle Times "Phishing" scam on the email of a vacation-rental owner costs a traveler thousands of dollars. By Christopher Elliott Shauna Kattler thought she'd found the ideal rental home in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, for her Christmas vacation: a two-bedroom ..

Internet Companies Team to Prevent Online Scams WSAW Google, Microsoft, and other companies have formed an organization that's designed to weed out email scams. Phishing scams try to trick you into giving away passwords and other personal information by sending emails that look as if they come from a ...

Protect yourself from IRS tax scams Examiner.com They warn that “many of these scams fraudulently use the Internal Revenue Service name or logo as a lure to make the communication more authentic and enticing." In the form of a fake IRS email, this scam is known as phishing. Phishing Scam Masquerades as SaskTel SPAMfighter News SaskTel has issued an alert to its e-mail clients for being vigilant of one fresh phishing scam, which maybe stealing their private details. The StarPhoenix published this in news dated January 26, 2012. Reportedly, the phishing e-mail advises ... Soon, relief from email scams Times of India WASHINGTON: World's leading email providers including Google, Yahoo, AOL, Facebook and Microsoft have announced to join hands to collectively fight the increasing menace of email and phishing attacks. Following 18 months of collaborative work, ... Anti-Wall Street protester's Twitter posts subpoenaed Reuters "When you get an email from Twitter Legal, you assume it's a phishing scam, trying to get your password," he said. "It turned out that it is a phishing scam, but it's from the prosecutors." It is not clear what specific evidence prosecutors are after. New Email Authentication System Seeks to Cut Down on Online Scams Annenberg TV News By Serene Mao A group of giant tech companies including Facebook, Google and Microsoft have jointly designed a new authentication system to combat the e-mail scams known as phishing. More than a dozen major technology and financial companies joined ... Police Warn Against Granny Scam Targeting Elderly WSET "Spyware, phishing scams, getting it off the computer," said Chivvis. They're hacking into personal information including countless credit card records every year, giving priceless information to con artists looking to cash in on a pricey scam. Vacation rental phishing scams catch more travelers Chicago Tribune Since then, I've heard from many more phishing victims who wired money to shady characters pretending to hold the keys to a HomeAway vacation rental. And I've heard from HomeAway, which says it's taking steps to prevent future phishing attacks and help ... Word to the Wise: Phishing scam claiming to be from Better Business Bureau ... Macon Telegraph (blog) E-mail phishing scams using the Better Business Bureau's name and logo continue to proliferate across the web. Most of the e-mails carry the famous BBB torch logo and come with the subject line “Complaint from your customers” or “Urgent: Your Prompt ... Even Ball State accounts can be hacked Ball State Daily News Hackers and Internet scammers have been known to send "phishing" e-mails as a way to steal passwords and information. "We have had incidents where students have been impacted byphishing scams," Director of Information Security Services Tobiah Coffman ... Microsoft Goes After Halo 4 Phishing Site Escapist Magazine Surprise, surprise: Microsoft isn't happy about the fact that a website encouraging users to sign up for the Halo 4 beta is, in fact, a phishing scam. While Halo 4 is a real game that's in development by 343 Industries, a website that's been ... Fraudsters go phishing for pop music, says producer Radio 1 By Greg Cochrane We usually hear about phishing attacks in the technology world - when impostors try to scam people out of money by tricking them into handing over their personal details. But now it's said the technique has found its way into pop music Facebook leads industry in display ads San Francisco Chronicle Google is among a group companies working to develop an e-mail verification system to combatphishing scams. Facebook accounted for 28 percent of online display-advertising impressions in 2011, expanding its lead in the industry, comScore Inc. said.

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