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e-Gold indicted on money-laundering charges
e-Gold, in Melbourne, Florida issued the following shock announcement on their website. “On April 24, 2007, a Federal Grand Jury handed down an indictment charging e-gold Ltd., Gold & Silver Reserve, Inc., and the Directors of both companies with money laundering, operating an unlicensed money transmitter business, and conspiracies to commit both offenses.” If half […]
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Ghouls targetted in Virgina Tech Phishing Scam
To those people who want to see what happens when a madman shoots 32 other students, there is a sting out there just for them. Email Spam promises camera phone footage of the Virginia Tech tragedy, but the website just tries to grab your bank details instead. IT security and control firm Sophos has warned […]
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The Inevitable IRS Tax Refund Scam
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning of a new Internet scam based on a site masquerading as a member of the Free File Alliance. The site attempts to get taxpayers to file their information with them. The scammers then change the bank account details to their own and wait for the refund payments […]
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Scams round the world
Dallas police warn citizens about phone scam 5:22 PM CDT Dallas Morning News (subscription) – TX,USA Dallas police are warning the public about scam artists posing as representatives soliciting money on the department’s behalf. … DPD: Don’t Fall for Donation Scam MyFox Dallas – Dallas,TX,USA DALLAS — The Dallas Police department says someone is trying […]
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Eggs is eggs? – No, not really!
Came across this fascinating scam – selling battery-farmed eggs as ‘Free Range’. British consumers are eggstremely conscious about where their food comes from. (Way more so than Americans who like not to think of such yukky subjects). So – Big thumbs down to GMOs (Genetically Modified foods), and a rather hard stare (ala Paddington Bear) […]
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Pump & Dump Spam Scam gets action
In their biggest strike ever against online investment scams, US regulators on Thursday shut down trading in 35 over-the-counter stocks that have been the subject of spam e-mails touting their investment potential. Christopher Cox, the Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, estimated that more than 100m stock-touting e-mails are sent each week. The majority are pump-and-dump […]
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eBay feels the pain of phishing (at last)
A news report in eWeek has me chuckling ruefully. A Romanian calling himself ‘Vladuz’ is causing havoc at eBay and eBay has been forced to take notice. Due to a combination of spam phishing attempts by emails such as these, and (he claims) hacking of the eBay databases, he has been able to get access […]
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No Surprises there dept.
For the seventh year in a row, identity theft tops the FTC’s Annual List of Top Consumer Complaints. http://ftc.gov/opa/2007/02/topcomplaints.htm :O accounting for 36 percent of the 674,354 complaints received between January 1 and December 31, 2006. Other categories near the top of the fraud complaint list include shop-at-home/catalog sales; prizes, sweepstakes and lotteries; Internet services […]