Newcastle University has been forced to issue a phishing alert after spotting a highly professional looking but fraudulent site trading on its name. In a tweet yesterday, the Russell Group university claimed the scam site is using its brand and accepting credit card payments to secure fake courses. It added: “The website ‘newcastle international university’ […]
Archives for 07/21/2017
Request for Quotation on behalf of Department of Energy
Post a Fraud Alert:Email Fraud Alert received from: JP I recently received an email with this subject line: Request for Quotation on behalf of Department of Energy and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please. The full contents of the suspected fraudulent […]
Scam Site
Post a Fraud Alert:Email Fraud Alert received from: Andre I recently received an email with this subject line: SCAM SITE and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please. The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below: Millionaires […]
Department of Health
Post a Fraud Alert:Email Fraud Alert received from: Anonymous I recently received an email with this subject line: Department of Health and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please. The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below: […]
RE: Request for quotation.
Post a Fraud Alert:Email Fraud Alert received from: Lyndall I recently received an email with this subject line: RE: Request for quotation. and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please. The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear […]
You may not see it BUT stratoninvestek.co.za has FRAUD written all over it!
Post a Fraud Alert:Local Electrical Contracting firm, Straton Electrical, has been fielding calls from irate investors who signed up to a web site called stratoninvestek.co.za. Strong Search Engine Optimisation has ensured that whenever anyone searches on Google or other search engines for the name ‘straton’ (which is the name appearing on fraudulent debit orders) that the Straton businesses […]
Understanding Ad Fraud
Post a Fraud Alert:Today’s Fraud News from around the world: Understanding Ad Fraud: Understand ad fraud in today's world of digital ad trading within programmatic.: Google Alert – Fraud Voter fraud commission starts amid controversy: President Trump's voter fraud commission met for the first time Wednesday to carve out a path forward amid a firestorm of controversy.: Google […]