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MANILA, Philippines – Do you use Dropbox and Facebook? Then you might want to watch out for this. Symantec Security Response has observed that spammers are abusing Dropbox, a popular cloud-based, file-hosting and synchronization tool to spread spam. Dropbox accounts have a public folder where files can be placed and made publicly available. This function …
Imagine walking outside to find food and gifts falling from the rooftops of your neighbors. No, it isn’t “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” it’s an actual holiday called Grab Day. The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum will put on a special screening of the documentary “Grab” on March 21 at 7:30 PM at Camelot Theatres …
Technology can be a wonderful tool, but one thing it doesn’t do is differentiate between good guys and bad guys. So, while technological advances make our lives easier, they also create new ways for con artists to do their dirty deeds. A poll conducted for TD Canada Trust for Fraud Prevention Month found 84 per …
John LaCour’s work email inbox is all spam and scams — on purpose. He deals with them so you don’t have to. “Most people don’t want spam,” LaCour said last week. “We actually vacuum up as much as we can.” LaCour and his Charleston-based company, PhishLabs, survey, investigate and root out malicious emails and websites. …
Email Fraud Alert received from: Andy I recently received an email with this subject line: OLYMPIC 2012 AWARD which I believe to be an attempt at defrauding me. The full contents of the e-mail appear below: to undisclosed recipients Congratulations! Your Email Address has won $1.8M (USD) for England Olympic 2012 Award. To claim contact …
Email Fraud Alert received from: Barclays Bank Plc UK I recently received an email with this subject line: Transfer! which I believe to be an attempt at defrauding me. The full contents of the e-mail appear below: to undisclosed recipients Barclay’s Bank PLC, UK 1 Churchill Place London, E14 5HP, United Kingdom http://www.barclays.co.uk Dear Esteemed …
Email Fraud Alert received from: What an Idiot I recently received an email with this subject line: Nedbank Alert: Online Banking Account Protection which I believe to be an attempt at defrauding me. The full contents of the e-mail appear below: This idjut confused his Ned and Standard Banks: Standard Bank Dear Customer, Due to …
Email Fraud Alert received from: ABSA I recently received an email with this subject line: Reminder: EFT Credit Transfer Notice which I believe to be an attempt at defrauding me. The full contents of the e-mail appear below: EFT Transfer Notice Reminder! Valued Clients, You have a pending EFT payment selected for your account. We …
Tax commissioner Michael D’Ascenzo has used National Consumer Fraud Week to warn taxpayers that scammers are using increasingly sophisticated methods to trick people to give away their money, or obtain personal details to commit fraud. Scammers are using a wide range of methods to catch people off-guard – phone calls, letters, SMS messages, emails, bogus …
Even if your tax return has fewer zeros than Mitt Romney’s, it contains a cornucopia of information prized by identity thieves. And as consumers have become more savvy about identity theft, criminals have come up with increasingly ingenious ways to hijack tax returns for nefarious purposes. Here’s a look at this year’s most popular scams, …
The Canada Revenue Agency is warning Canadians to be aware of emails circulating during tax season, as they may be part of a phishing scam. The term “phishing” describes an email scam used to acquire personal or financial information. The emails look official, and will often link to a website that will appear similar to …
E-mail this page Print this page Larger type Smaller type By John North, Contributing Writer 12:51 PM Saturday, March 17, 2012 Tax season breeds scammers ready to steal your money. The Better Business Bureau offers advice on hiring a tax preparer and avoiding schemes. Phishing emails circulate around tax time claiming refund issues or problems …
Cowen-White/Higuera Edie Cowen-White, of Klamath Falls, Ore., daughter of Roy and Carol Cunning, of Homeland, to Timothy Higuera, of Klamath Falls, Ore., son of Albert and Alene Higuera, of Homeland. A wedding is set for May 7 at Riverview Wedding and Event Center in Anderson.
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By- Staff Reporter | Date- March 17, 2012 One Pune guy named Sahil is found to be running monetary scam through a Facebook phishing page. Sahil, aged 22+ old hailing from Pune, Maharastra has been found evident as the Facebook scammer in a recent investigation done by Times of Assam. In his phishing attack attempting …
Sonja Schindeler won’t be checking in on Facebook any time soon. The vice-president of fraud solutions of TransUnion of Canada says that’s one of the more obvious things a consumer shouldn’t do – telling friends where you are can alert thieves to your location and the fact you are not home. March is Fraud Awareness …
My husband and I received a fraud alert from Santander and I discovered that my balance was £1,757 less than it should have been. Santander said two transactions had been made through its telephone banking system – but we have never registered for telephone banking. I was also told that the woman posing as me …
Corona 5, Riverside King 0. WP – Pena. LP – Thompson. 2B – Napoli (K). 3B – Robison (C). Highlight: Pena pitched a complete game shutout with seven strikeouts while allowing only three hits. (Corona is 4-5 overall, 1-1 league. King 6-6, 1-1.)
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‘+ ‘‘+ ‘‘); A screenshot of the Pinterest front page.CREDIT: Cold Brew Labs, Inc. Online scammers are always looking for fertile ground for their money-making and identity-theft schemes, and they’ve hit the jackpot with Pinterest. An online bulletin board combining the social aspects of Facebook with the immediacy of Twitter, Pinterest has capitalized on the needs …