Saturday, April 7, 2012

Phishing Scams Identity Theft - Fri Apr 6, 2012


BBB warns about phishing scam
Monroe News Star
She said anyone who receives a fradulent email should forward them to phishing@council.bbb.org or call 387-4600 before deleting the email. Phishing scams like this are listed as the second most common scam by the Internal Revenue Service, ...
With Tax Deadline Looming, IRS Warns of Scams
LoanSafe
Stewart advises filers to beware of scams and “phishing,” or attempts to steal personal information such as credit card numbers, passwords and Social Security numbers. “Anything that sounds too good to be true is definitely too good to be true,” he ...
Avoid this Verizon Wireless Phishing Scam
Wireless and Mobile News
As a public service announcement, we received an email phishing scam from what was not Verizon Wireless for a bill that doesn't exist. The email looks real to the naked eye, however, when we hovered over the links the links don't go to Verizon Wireless ...
Scam Targets Local Bank Customers
MyHighPlains
--If you bank locally and received a text message during the weekend asking for your pin number, you might be a victim of the latest phishing scam to hit the industry. KAMR NBC4's Morgan Schutters explains what steps to take to make sure scammers ...
Better Business Bureau warns of phoney emails
TheChronicleHerald.ca
The Better Business Bureau is warning businesses about phoney BBB emails phishing for private information. “It's happening all across North America,” said Don MacKinnon, president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau's Atlantic division, ...
Phone scam tool faces 'tech retards', accuracy challenges
ZDNet Asia
"[As such], even if the scammer is able to act and behave naturally, this would have little effect on the overall precision of the detection of a possible phone phishing scam," he said. Fujitsu and Nagoya University are partnering Japan's National ...
Tax season increases the scams
WTOP
The IRS has more information about scam emails and what to look for on its website. If consumers see emails like this, the agency asks that they forward them to the actual IRS by sending them to the address: phishing@irs.gov. Then, delete the original ...

Better Business Bureau Issues Urgent Scam Alert Cautioning Businesses and ...
PR Urgent (press release)
We recommend all domain owners set up a Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and set their spam filter to use it. Using the SPF standard helps fight spam and phishing attacks by allowing your email servers to verify whether an email is legitimate.
Princeton University Targeted with Phishing Campaign
SPAMfighter News
Moreover, in a similar phishing scam that targeted Duke University (North Carolina, USA) lately, the IT Security Office of the University too stated that it was aware of the scam insisting recipients that they must validate personal log-in details with ...


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