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UK Charity urges users to report illegal web content
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is a UK-based Hotline for reporting illegal content. Specifically Child sexual abuse content hosted worldwide and criminally obscene and incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK. It’s remit is to protect the citizens of the UK from illegal and offensive online content by allowing the public and IT […]
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ScamBlackBook? Hmmm…
There’s one of those ‘Ebook’ thingys out there, being sold aggressively by a website called www.scamblackbook.com. I’m all in favor of information disseminiation but something about this site has me feeling uneasy. Some questions – Has anyone seen this book and can they tell me whether it’s worth the rather steep $59 price tag? Has […]
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PhishTank.com – Anti Phishing Website that Gets Results!
PhishTank.com – Anti Phishing Website! Here’s the thing – from now on, ANY TIME you get an email that sends you to a PayPal/Bank of America/Google Adsense/eBay/your-bank-name site that you know is a scam site [that just wants your login/password/credit card/bank details] – immediately report it to PhishTank.com. They are the database that many browsers […]
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Anatomy of a Secondary Scam – Taking down a Nigerian Scam
After receiving this email … Attention: This email is not in any manner directed to you, but its purposely and specifically directed to Nigeria Scam victims. . However, if you have fallen for Nigerian Scams, do not hesitate to contact us or visit our website for more details on how we can help. We shall […]
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Lawyers get Scammed Too!
It seems that even ‘those who should know better’ are fair game when it comes to the ubiquitous email scam – lawyers are being targeted for particularly high stakes, on-off counterfeit check scams, solicited via email. The California Bar Journal has provided a nice graphic to show how the scam works. In a recent example, […]
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Scam Victims as Criminal as the Scammers?
This just in…. Australian victims of Nigerian online scams are greedy and should be jailed along with the Africans who relieved them of their cash, according to High Commissioner Sunday Olu Agb (Nigerian Envoy to Canberra). “People who send their money are as guilty as those who are asking them to send the money,” He […]
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Internet Crime down slightly, but not by much!
According to a report issued by the FBI in April (View report in full HERE), internet crimes decreased slightly in 2007 but still resulted in millions more dollars being lost to fraud. Internet crime complaints are primarily submitted to IC3 online at www.ic3.gov, although people without Internet access can submit information via telephone (or, presumbly, […]
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