Scammers using obituary notices to acquire new victims
Everyday, email-based scams circulate the Web targeting users of services such as iTunes, Amazon, PayPal, and Google.
Steve Ragan | 18 Feb | Read more
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Why it is time to intensify employee education on phishing
Companies should consider intensifying employee training to combat the increasing craftiness of phishers who are working harder to obtain personal details on targets in order to trap them in scams.
Antone Gonsalves | 19 Aug | Read more
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E-ZPass drivers warned about Phishing scam
E-ZPass Group, a toll collection program consisting of 25 agencies in 15 states, has issued a warning to customers concerning a Phishing scam that is posing as a collection notice.
Steve Ragan | 15 Jul | Read more
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Westpac warns customers of email scam
Westpac Australia has warned customers to delete a hoax email which asks them to sign into a website in order to confirm their credit card details.
Hamish Barwick | 09 Sep | Read more
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AusCERT 2013: What's it like to be a 'Nigerian scam' victim?
Feelings of shame and despair at being conned out of $300,000 by a convincing Nigerian based email scam led Queensland interior decorator Jill Ambrose to attempt suicide twice.
Hamish Barwick | 23 May | Read more
Features about scams and hoaxes
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Four of the newest (and lowest) Social Engineering scams
Your computer files are being held for ransom. Pay up, or lose them. Your bank account is being emptied, so click here to stop it. Your friend has died, click on this funeral home site for more information. Social engineering thugs have reached new lows.
Stacy Collett | 22 Apr | Read more