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Bulgarian media have spread the word about a new email phishing scam. According to reports of private TV channel bTV, scores of Bulgarians claimed that they received an e-mail saying that a complaint had been filed against them with the Commission for Consumer Protection (KZP). To check the content of the complaint, the users had …
Big four bank Nedbank today unveiled “Approve-it”, an Internet banking security feature that the bank claims is a first for SA. According to Nedbank, the cellphone-based transaction authentication system is seen as superior to the current one-time password (OTP) system and forms part of the bank’s campaign to curb online fraud and phishing scams. “Approve-it …
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 …
Consumers are being warned not to fall prey to an email scam that claims to offer large loans at attractive rates with the endorsement of the Governor of the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC). The fake emails circulating from address info@boardmemberdifc.org state they represent His Excellency Abdullah Mohammed Saleh, Governor of the DIFC, and offer …
March 23, 2012 — Network World — IBM said it found surprising improvements in Internet security such as a reduction in application security vulnerabilities, exploit code and spam, but it also noted that those improvements come with a price: Attackers have been forced to rethink their tactics. BACKGROUND: From Anonymous to Hackerazzi: The year in …
Air Force Reserve Airman Melissa R. Gonzales graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. She is the daughter of Leticia Gonzales, of Temecula, and granddaughter of Fermina Hernandez, of Fallbrook. Gonzales graduated in 2009 from River Springs Charter School in Temecula.
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Email Fraud Alert received from: Julius I recently received an email with this subject line: I want to invest in your company/country. 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: to …
Email Fraud Alert received from: Apple I recently received an email with this subject line: You’ve Won an iPad3 – Details Inside. 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: You’ve …
Miguel Torres, 24, of Mira Loma, was pronounced dead Friday at 10:08 PM at Riverside County Regional Medical Center after the compact car he was driving collided head-on with a full-sized truck on Old Elsinore Road, just north of Marie Street in Mead Valley (Perris), according to the Riverside County Coroner.
BBB issued an alert to everyone for remaining vigilant of a phishing e-mail that masquerading as American Express is extraordinarily sophisticated and currently circulating online, published krmg.com dated March 16, 2012. It maybe noted that American Express, which’s headquartered in the USA, is a financial services company operating across multiple countries. The fake e-mail with …
The email looks like it’s coming from the Department of Homeland Security. It says they’ve intercepted a cashier’s check with your name on it and they just need a little information. At first glance the email looks authentic, with a colorful letterhead and a government address, but when you examine it closely the red flags …
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 recently completed. Researchers say it was …
La Crescenta (Los Angeles County, California, USA) resident John Lajeuness, an ATT subscriber along with more customers lately got one phishing e-mail posing as a message from ATT the highly-reputed company on telecommunications, reported latimes.com dated March 15, 2012. Describing the e-mail as appearing very legitimate, Lajeuness stated that it was well crafted to make …
March 21, 2012 Updated Mar 21, 2012 at 11:37 AM EDT Albany, N.Y. (WKBW release) — After a rise in complaints related to Craigslist rental scams, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued a consumer alert Wednesday urging New Yorkers to protect themselves from fraud. According to a news release: The Attorney General’s regional offices statewide …
Photos.com Business owners who receive a large order with instructions to ship it to another city should question why a customer would go to that trouble and expense rather than make the purchase at a nearby store. Lisa IrishThe Daily Courier Three recent scams seeking money or ordering large quantities of goods are making the …
Email Fraud Alert received from: Daniel I recently received an email with this subject line: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 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: Federal Bureau of …
FRIDAY, MAR. 23: The Department of Consumer Affairs, the Bermuda Monetary Authority and the Bermuda Police Service have recently come together to raise consumer awareness of three financial scams targeting local residents – phishing, pyramid schemes and the passing of counterfeit Bermuda notes. While we do monitor a variety of scams that can leave consumers …
Police have arrested a voice phishing gang who allegedly stole 40 million won (35,400 U.S. dollars) a day on average. With the money, the con artists are known to have earned profits by buying clothes and shoes and reselling them in China. In Seoul’s Songpa district Thursday, police said 11 people were booked on the …
A new phishing scam is distributing bulk electronic mails supposedly from LAN Airlines pretending to be certain notice to the recipient that the Airlines couldn’t keep his request for flight change as there’s no credit card contract by it with the MasterCard Company, published softpedia.com dated March 19, 2012. Here it maybe mentioned that LAN …