Saturday, April 7, 2012

Phishing Scams Identity Theft - Sat Apr 7, 2012


Phishing, spoofing scams among top scams last year
Dayton Daily News
When we say phishing, some may think of the sport of fishing, but that's not what it is. You also don't have to wait until Halloween to be spoofed. Both these terms describe scams. The National Consumers League reports phishing and spoofing were among ...
Tax Season Ushers In Scams
Patch.com
But tax season also is scam season for scam artists looking to get at your personal information. Scamming comes in the form of phishing emails designed to trick you into thinking they are from the Internal Revenue Service. Scammers are expanding beyond ...
E-mail Scam Warning for Residents in Lakeshore
SPAMfighter News
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) of Essex County has issued an alert to Lakeshore residents of Ontario, Canada about one phishing e-mail scam, which's presently circulating online, reports canadasrock.ca dated March 29, 2012.

AVMA issues email fraud alert
VIN News Service
That comes via the AVMA blog atwork.com, which posted a fraud alert concerning the phishing email on Wednesday. Phishing is a scam typically carried out via unsolicited emails and websites. These hoax emails often are disguised as official electronic ...
AT&T Billing Scam Exploits Anger
PC Magazine
While the email scam may have heated up in the last few days, those URLs have been showing up for several weeks at sites that track phishing scams. Since they're technically exploit sites, not actually engaged in phishing, I've had to filter them out .

New Crimes Added to Russian Criminal Code
RIA Novosti
The use of fake credit cards and trying to cheat lending establishments are a more sophisticated crime, alongside insurance scams. The Criminal Code will have new articles on investment fraud and computer crimes, primarily phishing.

BBB Warns Consumers and Businesses About Phishing Scam
Indiana's NewsCenter
“For the past 4+ months, BBB has been the victim of a massive phishing scam that uses our name and logo to fool people into thinking the email is from BBB concerning a complaint against their business. Although they appear to be coming from a BBB ...



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