Phishing Scams Identity Theft - Tue Feb 7, 2012

Dozens of Greeley residents targeted in phone phishing scam Greeley Tribune The credit union has received more than 50 calls reporting the scam, and despite scamming efforts, WSCU has seen only five people fall victim to the phishing scam, the credit union said Monday. None of the five has suffered any financial loss because ...

H&R Block gets caught up in phishing scam Kansas City Business Journal Kansas City-based H&R Block is warning customers about a phishing scam that uses the company's name to try to get personal information. Scammers pretending to represent H&R Block Inc. are sending text messages in an attempt to get their hands on ...

American Airlines warns of phishing scam KRMG Now the airline is telling people to be careful of a scam with their name on it. People in Tulsa and around the nation are getting emails claiming to be from AA. The emails claim the recipient has a ticket with American and only needs to print it.

Phishing scam causes Telstra email woe ZDNet Australia A phishing scam has led to a number of compromised BigPond email accounts being used to transmit spam, which has caused some email addresses to be blacklisted, Telstra has confirmed. Yesterday, Telstra said that it was investigating why several hundred ...

Prime season for tax scams East Texas Review Avoid phishing scams. Phishing refers to fraudulent emails and websites that identity thieves create in an effort to trick victims into providing sensitive personally identifying information. The scam usually begins with a misleading email that appears ...

New eID password required by Feb. 8; additional security features added K-State Collegian "This could happen if it is stolen by hackers via phishing scams or compromised computers. It can also happen if you share your password with another person even though it's against K-State policy to do so." However, as Townsend pointed out, ...

Cardiff students warned of loan scam News Wales In reality, this actually diverts people to another website set up by the people behind the scam who are attempting to steal usernames and passwords. Phishing scams are common around the three main student loan installment payment dates in January, ...

IRS declares they did not email or tweet you AGBeat As social networks have gone mainstream, so have the scammers that are attracted to any communication tool, especially tools that allow them anonymity like email, Twitter, and even Facebook. Phishing scams, which are unsolicited messages that appear to ...

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