Phishing Scams Identity Theft - Tue Mar 27, 2012

Sheriff Office Alerts Phishing Scam Making Round in the Internet SPAMfighter News The Okaloosa Sheriff Office (Okaloosa County, Florida) is alerting net users about a phishing scam aiming the gulf coast, as reported in the site of fox10tv on March 19, 2012. The scam initiates right from the inbox of a victim's account.

Phishing Email Targets Duke Users Duke University If you receive an email message that looks suspicious, visit the Sophos site to upload the message, which will give Duke's anti-spam systems better information on what to mark as spam or a scam. Set up a filter to send spam and phishing messages to ...

Scammers steal identities to file fake tax returns, claim refunds NBC17.com The real IRS does not contact taxpayers by email. If you get a phishing email, do not respond, click on any links or provide any personal information. Phishing emails that claim to come from the IRS should be forwarded to phishing@irs.gov.

Experts: Beware of IRS scams at tax time Yorkdispatch.com The IRS has published its annual "Dirty Dozen" list of schemes, and the most common ruses include identity theft and "phishing." The hoaxes can be convincing to some consumers, especially when they wear an IRS logo, but a closer look often reveals the ...

New Phishing Mails Masquerades Verizon SPAMfighter News The second phishing e-mail scam in this series also purports to be sent from Verizon. The mail opens in a very informal manner addressing the recipient as "Dear Verizon E-mail User". Through this mail, the recipient is informed of low Mega Bytes memory ...

Protect yourself from tax scams CBS News More people are losing money to tax fraud than ever before because criminals are taking advantage of new technology and IRS offers of speedy returns and having refunds issued on a debit card. Swindlers' schemes run the gamut from crooked tax preparers ...

Don't Be an April Fool MarketWatch (press release) In addition, filtering these top 10 scams from your email will help limit spam: email scams from other countries, phishing, work-at-home scams, weight loss claims, foreign lotteries, cure-all products, check overpayment scams, pay-in-advance credit ...

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