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- Another guffaw ffrom a scammer
- Got this one yesterday, ony just picked myself up off the floorDear Sir/Madam,I have a lucrative business of 44.5m usd from my deceased client and he dead with his entire family during a bomb blast and left no next ofkin behind,if ready to share 50/50 by standing as my deceased...
- Tags: Tony Hopkinson
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Does VoIP make it easier for scammers?
- Thanks for the two sentences..I rarely - if ever - comment on websites, but your post starts off with a title asking whether VoIP makes "it" easier for scammers. You then open the post by saying: "If you’re considering switching from the traditional public switched telephone network PSTN...
- Tags: Telephony, matthew.conquergood@..., scammer, scam, VoIP
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- Does VoIP make it easier for scammers?
- If you're considering switching from the traditional public switched telephone network PSTN service to VoIP, you might be wondering whether the change will make you more vulnerable to scammers, help protect you from common scams, or not make much difference at all. Con games are about as...
- Tags: VoIP, Phone, Phishing, Scammer, Deb Shinder
- Blog posts 2007-09-14
- Social Engineering self-defense.
- Inspired by the article IRS employees socially engineered. Some of this is reposted.I know a few tried and true tricks. I won't publish them for obvious reasons, but I do tell people what to look out for.Included are steps to avoid.1)"idiot traps", these are along the line of a...
- Tags: Nobody_of_note, security, idiot trap
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- IRS employees social-engineered
- IRS employees succsesfully social-engineeredDo share your views with us.RE: IRS employees social-engineeredThat number doesn't surprise me. It seems like most people still believe that the odds are with them when it comes to identity theft & hacking, and they want to believe that if the person sounds nice on...
- Tags: Scanners, paulmah@..., Internal Revenue Service, fingerprint scanner, scanner, password
- Discussion threads 2007-08-06
- Cyber Fraud and Scammers
- blog root
- Tags: Blogging, terrynbby@..., scammer
- Discussion threads 2006-10-04
- Cyber Fraud and Scammers
- blog root
- Tags: Blogging, terrynbby@..., scammer
- Discussion threads 2006-10-04
- Nabbed Nigerian scammers
- Nabbed Nigerian scammersI just read an article about some scammers who were recently arrested for having run a Nigerian Scam ring. I'm not overly concerned about the capture its about time, but what really gets me is that they are known to have soaked up $1.2 million from gullible...
- Tags: E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, SECURITY, scammer, scam
- Discussion threads 2006-03-24
- Scammers jingle all the way
- Scammers use holidays as a hook for phishingFraudsters are using the holidays as a hook for phishing attacks. MailFrontier’s Andrew Klein says that Internet users can expect to see twice as many phishing scams this December in comparison to last year. In one example, scammers crafted an e-mail that looks...
- Tags: computer, fraud, holidays, Newsletter Editor, online shopping, phishing, scammer, Scammers, security, toolbar
- Discussion threads 2005-12-21
- Zombie trick expected to send spam sky-high
- Time to throttle someoneAn ISP in the Pacific Northwest once tackled their spamming customers by using a throttle among many other methods. For every message sent by one user the server increments a counter for each recipient. When the user sends another message the server pauses for a...
- Tags: e-mail, Larry the Security Guy, retail company, scammer, security
- Discussion threads 2005-02-03
Additional Resources
- Vigilantes launch attack on scam sites
- ANOTHER CHINESE SCAM SITEBEWARE!!! I was scammed by this site -> www.shopxk.comThe "fake" seller first ask you for the money (WU, TT) and then send this same EMS receipt to every "fooled" honest buyer -> http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/1507/emsqm9.jpgThe scammer email is: shopxk@hotmail.comI lost USD 190 in another chinese scam site... So at...
- Tags: sleepy_arg@...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-31
- Gmail invite here
- Get your own Gmail account READ THE FOLLOWING!Give me your E-mail address and First name and Last name and buy a Walmart Gift card with $15.99and give me the Pin number and the code and I will send you a Gmail invite and you send the information to this address.Sailormoon1_@hotmail.comand...
- Tags: GMail Account, Google Gmail, pokemon@..., windows
- Q&A 2004-11-16
- TR member Nigerian/419 Scammer Alert
- The member presently known as daveinobinna@yahoo.com is engaged in a Nigerian/419 scam targeting TR members.http://techrepublic.com.com/5213-6257-0.html?id=4687886&redirectTo=%2f1320-22-20.htmlSandy you should just doWhen I get rubbish like that through the Peer Mail system I just forward it onto Beth Blakely and she deletes the members account.End of Problem.ColThat was the 1st thing I did.This...
- Tags: deepsand
- Discussion threads 2007-03-03
- GET YOU GMAIL ACCOUNT INVITE HERE
- Get your own Gmail account READ THE FOLLOWING!Give me your E-mail address and First name and Last name and buy a Walmart Gift card and give me the Pin number and the code and I will send you a Gmail invite and you send the information to this address.Sailormoon1_@hotmail.comand i...
- Tags: E-mail providers, Google Gmail, GMail Account
- Q&A 2004-11-16
- Free Gmail.com Invites
- Give me your E-mail address and First name and Last name and buy a Walmart Gift card and give me the Pin number and the code and I will send you a Gmail invite and you send the information to this address.Paulvs1_@hotmail.comand i will give you a Gmail account if...
- Tags: E-mail providers
- Q&A 2004-11-18
- Get a GMAIL account invite
- Get your own Gmail account READ THE FOLLOWING!Give me your E-mail address and First name and Last name and buy a Walmart Gift card and give me the Pin number and the code and I will send you a Gmail invite and you send the information to this address.Paulvs1_@hotmail.comand i...
- Tags: E-mail providers, Google Gmail, GMail Account
- Q&A 2004-11-16
- ISA Server - Block Access to Ext. Sites
- We are using ISA Server Cache Mode in our office to access External Web Sites. Now, I would like to Block Some Sites (i.e. www.hotmail.com and chat.yahoo.com)so, the internal users may not gain access to these websites and dont waste thier time during working hours.Please help me in detail that...
- Tags: Block Access, ISA, Microsoft ISA Server, rahilms@..., server, windows
- Q&A 2004-11-26
- Florida phisher scammer keeps $5.5 million
- Florida phisher scammer keeps $5.5 millionFlorida DA's have settled for $500,000 from a phisher scammer who defrauded people out of $5.9 million. While the scammer has a house worth $2.4 million, the DA's decided not to try and take this due to Florida law that lets people in bankruptcy...
- Tags: Background Check ZabaSearch CREAGHAN, Click Name, cybercrime phishing scam, Dr Dij, FREE RECORDS, HARRY CREAGHAN, HARRY Nov 1967 1028 BEL AIR DR BOCA RATON FL, phishing, Satellite Photo Telephone Background Check Search ZabaSearch, Search Web Born Click Address, security
- Discussion threads 2005-06-21
- ***Paypal's dirty little secrets!!***
- Be VERY careful with Paypal.www.paypalsucks.comwww.aboutpaypal.orgwww.paypalwarning.comHere is the thing. If you do business with paypal, you sign an agreement for them to LOCK UP YOUR FUNDS for 180 days or longer. Without ANY reason given.Most ebay business fail because of this 180 day lock up. Basically you get orders from customers,...
- Tags: Financial services, Paypal Scam, PayPal, eBay Inc., Better Business Bureau, bank
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
- Trying to Rip us off through here
- Trying to Rip us off through hereDear Friends;I am posting an "African" letter asking for money from me. They sent me this message through my membership at Tech Republic. Obviously, it's not from here, but I thought you might find it interesting to see just how low some people will...
- Tags: Aaron Baker, e-mail, off-topic, solicitation to fraud, Union Bank
- Discussion threads 2005-12-05
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