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RSA Logo Telecom Lead India: Indian enterprises lost Rs 171.94 crore in 2011 due to phishing attacks, according to RSA, a security division of EMC. The findings by RSA suggest that India ranks in the top 5 most targeted countries for phishing attacks. Furthermore, RSA established that in 2011 the total number of losses was Rs 5760 crore …
A cruel new email phishing scam preys on visa holders with the phony promise of a green card in return for cash, FoxNews.com has learned. The emails, under an official-looking U.S. State Department letterhead, tell recipients they are among 50,000 winners drawn at random from more than 12 million entries in the Diversity Immigrant Visa …
RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – Seniors beware — the Better Business Bureau is warning of phone calls phishing for your banking information. Better Business Bureau President Tom Gallagher is disgusted over the latest scam hitting the Richmond area. The victim: 92 years old. The scam: crooks calling attempting to get her banking information. “If they keep you on the phone …
INLSA On guard: Banking Ombudsman Clive Pillay warns that people are still falling for phishing scams. Picture: Cara Viereckl Mzansi bank accounts, established in 2004 as a means of making banking more accessible and affordable to previously “unbanked” South Africans, have sadly been used to further a rather less noble cause in some cases. Because …
ALTON – Senior Services Plus would like to alert the community to a potential scam in the area. A woman contacted Senior Services Plus, saying she had been called by a man who identified himself as a staff member from Senior Services Plus. He said he wanted to come to the woman’s home to meet …
<!– –> Tweet – A A A + <!– –> By Melanie Payne, The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — More than 460,000 taxpayers since 2008 have been victims of wage and/or identity tax fraud, according to the IRS. The number of cases almost tripled between 2009 and 2011, data show. As law …
With a number of people planning to go on holiday over the Easter period, Cellphone Banking becomes a convenient, simple and safe way of banking which is available 24/7. FNB advises its consumers to be extra vigilant of fraudulent scams where fraudsters will try to obtain information from them. “Scammers are highly sophisticated, they are …
Email Fraud Alert received from: George I recently received an email with this subject line: No Subject 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 e-mail appear below: I wish to notify you that …
The Okaloosa Sheriff Office (Okaloosa County, Florida) is alerting net users about a phishing scam aiming the gulf coast, as reported in the site of fox10tv on March 19, 2012. The scam initiates right from the inbox of a victim’s account. The news of a victim’s acquaintance in distress is conveyed over the message. It …
Durham, NC – Duke’s IT Security Office (ITSO) and Office of Information Technology (OIT) have received reports of a new phishing scam targeting Duke users. About 2,000 users received a phishing email on Monday asking them to confirm their Duke log-in information. The email, which claimed to be sent “on behalf of Duke University,” said …
A Telecom giant, Verizon is cautioning its customers about two different fake e-mails targeting the company, making rounds in the internet, highlights news in the dailyastorian site on March 19, 2012. The scam mail portraying a Verizon agent, informs the recipient of their Verizon account being locked by the company due to lack of memory. …
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Rev up the calculator and start your countdown: The annual tax-filing deadline is less than a month away. But if that’s anxiety-inducing, take heart: Because of a federal holiday, everyone gets two extra days — until April 17 — to file state and federal taxes. With crunch time getting closer, here are some tips from …
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Attorney General’s office says as many as 15 victims have come forward saying they found out their identities were stolen when they tried to file their taxes. Attorney General Roy Cooper says identity thieves are using stolen Social Security numbers to file fake tax returns in order to claim …
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 9–> “There are hundreds of thousands of cases out there now in which unsuspecting and law-abiding taxpayers are having their lives turned upside down by identity theft and tax fraud. Having their refunds stolen, and then delayed while the IRS sorts out the mess, is unfair and unjust,” Nelson said in an …
Anyone who uses Internet email regularly can tell you about the dangers of unsolicited correspondence delivered through the worldwide web. Often these emails contain a virus, worm or Trojan horse that can wreak havoc on your equipment and files. Fraudulent emails can also deliver malware to your computer, placing your name on an advertising list …
Email Fraud Alert received from: Grace I recently received an email with this subject line: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR OVER DUE PAYMENT OF $5.4 MILLION 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 e-mail appear …
Several people have been displaced by a fire at an apartment complex today in San Bernardino. The fire, which has been knocked down, burned in two units of the Sunset Ridge Apartments in the 1700 block of East Date Street, along Highway 210 in the Del Rosa area, fire dispatch said. The fire was reported …
Technology detects keywords and voice pitch. Japan’s national police agency and a regional bank in the country have deployed a voice recognition technology in mobile phones said to be capable of catching out phishing scams almost every time. Development of the claimed world first technology by Fujitsu and Nagoya University began in 2009 and has …
A WTOP listener received a cellphone call in the middle of the night, waking him from a sound sleep. The recorded message stated that our listener’s bank account had been locked and in order to restore access to the account, he should please press “1.” Since our listener was half-asleep, he complied. However, when the …