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Cynical Spammers Exploit Deepening Syria Crisis

Aug

2013

As the international community coordinates its response to the deepening crisis in Syria, scammers have once again demonstrated their skill at using current, high-profile events to their advantage. We have previously covered these methods in regards to Egypt, Libya, and the Rugby World Cup. We recently identified a scam message that claimed to be from […]

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AVG Threat Update: Week 46

Nov

2012

1. Scammers quickly exploit Hurricane Sandy disasterEmail scammers quickly jumped to take advantage of the effort to aid communities in the northeastern U.S. hit by super storm Sandy last week. Sadly, such scam emails that impersonate charities such as the Red Cross are an expected part of the aftermath of any disaster that makes world […]

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American Red Cross spam links to Paypal.com

Jun

2012

by Dave Michmerhuizen & Luis Chapetti – Security Researchers Spammers often take advantage of a wide variety of recognizable brands; Microsoft, UPS, banks, even the FBI. Whenever a large natural disaster strikes, such as the recent Colorado wildfires, spammers diversify and send donation emails using the brands of well known charities. A good example of […]

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