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Virus emails drop to record low... however, the study found that the number of phishing emails in April rose by 35 per cent compared with March's figures. ... VNUNet.com - UK (Read More)
American Express is warning customers to be on the look out for a new phishing scheme that poses as a company "security measures" pop-up screen. Telling users the company is performing maintenance on its security measures, the pop-up asks for Social Security numbers, mother's maiden name and date of birth. (Read More)
Unlike earlier "phishing" attempts, which don't look quite right or have bad grammar, these apparently genuine e-mails ask people for everything from names and addresses to credit card numbers. One e-mail sent in the past week invites people to earn $20 by participating in a "Chase Online Reward Survey." TMCnet - USA (Read More)
Cloudmark, Inc. has identified and begun blocking phishing attacks carried out over voice over IP (VoIP) systems to spoof an unwitting target's financial institution. Scammers posing as banks are emailing people to dial a number and enter personal information needed to gain access to their finances. (Read More)
Sweepstakes ploy says all recipients need to do to win $100, 000 is pay $2, 800 in 'processing' fees... When Antioch resident Keith Kelpsas received a congratulations letter in the mail, he thought his ship had finally come in, and all he had to do to claim his prize was pay about $2, 800 in "processing" fees. But wait, there's more. The letter even came with the $2, 900 check to cover the fees. Danielle McNamara covers East Contra Costa County police CONTRA COSTA TIMES (Read More)
A new bank phishing scam is on the loose with the scammer using a genuine registered top order domain name to entice people to believe that it is a real bank. Using the domain, www.commonwealth-security.com, sophisticated scammers are using the well worn method of trying to get people to visit their site under the guise of being from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ... By Stan Beer, iTWire - Australia (Read More)
MessageLabs last week announced the results of its April Intelligence Report, with the U.S. continuing to play the role as the largest source of malware, spam and phishing attacks, hosting 18.1 percent of the world's compromised (zombie) computers in the first quarter of 2006 ... Government Technology - Folsom, CA, USA... (Read More)
Next gen spam scams to get even smarter ... Bank of Ireland customers have been hit by yet another phishing scam in the form of an email asking users to update their security details. The fake security alert landed in inboxes on Friday evening, and may have fooled a number of customers into handing over their access codes and passwords, redirecting them to a website designed to collect the details. As of today the fraudulent site appears to have been disabled. By Ciara O'Brien, ElectricNews.net ... see the full story...
Q. I've heard about people getting duped into giving out personal information through "phishing" e-mails. How do I spot these emails ... By Seth Sutel phillyBurbs.com - Philadelphia, PA, USA
The only real way is to "view source" of the email and using your program's "Find" command search for the word "href" -- that should jump to the actual link in use. If it does not match your known "safe" link to that institution, then it's fake. Be sure you KNOW your institution's correct "href". The very best policy is NOT to open or respond to ANY email claiming to be from a financial institution of any kind. READ and understand our article
AARP, Microsoft, the Attorney General of Washington and the Federal Trade Commission are launching the Cyber Safety Campaign. The AARP Cyber Safety Tool Kit provides tips, resources and information to help you navigate the net safely. Learn to protect yourself, your family and your computer. Download the PDF Format and (Read More)
Then again, if e-mail phishing for people's personal and financial information didn't work at least part of the time, the scam wouldn't exist
* Microsoft tools for different operating systems
* Attorney General's Office of Washington
* www.consumer.gov/idtheft
* www.antiphishing.org
Story: Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA (Read More)
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