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Spoof websites bilk Caledonia man out of $30K
A man in Caledonia, Wisconsin thought he was buying a car from a reputable website (autotrader.com) and paying for it using a reputable financial site (amazonpayments.com). Turned out that both sites were so-called ‘spoof sites’ – Identical copies of valid website, used to capture personal information such as credit card numbers/passwords or, as in this […]
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WORK FROM HOME!!! (yep, it’s yet another scam)
Anyone online or offline has seen the ads by now – Money Motivated Pros | Team Leaders Needed | Looking for Recruiters | Professionals Needed | Remote Agents Needed | Top Guns Only | Business Development | Marketing Reps | Senior Account Executives | Promotional Managers | Looking for Talent | Junior Account Executive | […]
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Online Trading – A Warning!
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Online Trading, a guide by US-CERT Online trading can be an easy, cost-effective way to manage investments. However, online investors are often targets of scams, so take precautions to ensure that you do not become a victim. What is online trading? Online trading allows you to conduct investment transactions over the […]
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TweekServ is a Scam Job (transaction Processing)
TweekServ is a Scam – TweekServ is a Scam | TweekServ is a Scam – TweekServ is a Scam | TweekServ is a Scam – TweekServ is a Scam It’s just the usual ‘transaction processing’ scam – you get counterfeit checks, they get your hard-earned cash. DO NOT GET INVOLVED. Hello, Thank you for your […]
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IC3 Reports 25,000 Scam Complaints per Month in 2010
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)Â received its two-millionth complaint in 2010 -Â IC3 receives and processes 25,000 complaints per month and 2010 was it’s second highest year (slightly down from 2009) for scam reports. The Annual IC3 Report for 2010 has just been released and makes fascinating reading. The most common victim complaints in 2010 were […]
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Asterpix (who they?) vs. Google
Some Background First A company called Asterpix (www.asterpix.com) have a cool tool (Searchlight) for websites (such as this one!). They analyse the page you are on, include any recent search terms passed in (eg. from Google) and the website you are on and generate a Tag Cloud of words and phrases that seem to be […]
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‘Nigerian’ Scam still top online Scam, says PandaLabs
the best defense PandaLabs, Panda Security’s anti-malware laboratory has drawn up a ranking of the most widely used scams over the last few years. These confidence tricks, which are still in wide circulation, all have the same objective: to defraud users of amounts ranging from $500 to thousands of dollars. Typically, these scams follow a […]
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Powell Exotic Furniture Website Spoof Scam – PEFURNITURE.NET
Administrative assistant needed by Powell Exotic Furniture,Good pay and flexible hours, see attached pdf for more info or sign up via www.pefurniture.net/careers.php Here’s a new website spoof scam – take the website of a perfectly respectable, American furniture company – Nichols & Stone and copy it. Then substitute the new name ‘Powell Exotic Furniture’ and […]