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
Everyday, email-based scams circulate the Web targeting users of services such as iTunes, Amazon, PayPal, and Google.
Steve Ragan | 18 Feb | Read more
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
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
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
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
Retail support team 'falls like dominoes' to scammers, says savvy customer who documented the latest incident
Taylor Armerding | 26 Dec | Read more
Google Music service has only been in existence for a matter of days, and it's already the target of scams and spams. In all cases however, any claims of free music or access to the site is false, Google says.
The royal wedding went off without a hitch Friday morning, and the Internet appeared to survive the event as well. Web traffic was high during the nuptials, but YouTube was able to stream the event live to millions around the world without choking (much). Twitter's fail whale managed to stay off the royal guest list, but online scammers are just getting started with their royal wedding scams and shenanigans. Here's a breakdown of the online highs and lows during Prince William's marriage to Catherine Middleton on Friday.
You may not want to think about your taxes until Tax Day on April 15, but online scammers are already plotting to separate you from your tax refund and your identity. Scams for the 2011 tax season include promises of tax credits for charitable donations to disaster relief in Japan, malware-laden Websites optimized for search engines, dangerous e-mail, and so-called 'likejacking' techniques found on the social network Facebook.