Phishing Scams Identity Theft - Thu Mar 22, 2012

Callers offering 'tech support' another phishing scam for personal info KIRO Seattle That's often how scam artists gain access to peoples' money and IDs. She also claims the man kept telling her it was an emergency and that he needed her to get her computer running right away. The more the man talked, the more suspicious Fowler became.

Voice analysis technology prevents phone scams Help Net Security In situations of overtrust, there is the risk of believing everything another person is saying, even in cases of remittance-soliciting phone phishing scams, for example. In order to prevent such scams, there is a need to detect such situations and ...

Phone scam using Walmart claim Omaha World-Herald “The text message is a twist on the classic email phishing scam, where scammers pose as a legitimate organization and send out emails containing links to scam sites. Phishing scams using SMS technology are known as 'smishing,'” said Jim Hegarty, ...

Avoiding online scams Waikato Times It's Scam Awareness Week, and David Hall has some tips to keep you safe online. Phishing is essentially an online scam, and phishers are nothing more than tech-savvy con artists. Online scams constantly evolve to reflect popular events in the news.

IRS: Select your tax preparer carefully Daily American Online A Google search can offer information about preparers as well. Phishing emails are another scam on the list. Phishing is a scam in which unsolicited emails or a fake website are created to look legitimate. The scammer asks for private information.

Conference outlines reach of online fraud Billings Gazette Everybody who has an email address gets hit with so-called "phishing" scams, where con artists promise they've won a lottery or an iPad and must send money first. "Anytime somebody receives an email that sounds too good to be true, it probably is," he ...

BBB: American Express 'Thanks for Updating Your Email' Messages are Fake Indiana's NewsCenter According to the Better Business Bureau, scammers are using the credit card company's email address for a phishing scam. Consumers nationwide reported receiving fake emails informing them that their account's email address has been changed.

Google Displays Explanations for Marking Spam in Gmail PCWorld Spam explanations include phishing scams, messages from an unconfirmed sender, similarity to suspicious messages and administrator-set policies. Google hopes that for users who check their spam folders, this information will serve to familiarize ...

SingTel asks Clients to Beware of Phishers SPAMfighter News But, according to an official release from SingTel, the latest e-mails are nothing but a phishing scam that seeks for the customers' passwords and other personal data. Neither SingTel nor SingNet issued the e-mails, the advisory mentions.

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