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Nigerian Scammers Are Increasingly Targeting LinkedIn Users

Jan

2014

Security experts from Bitdefender warn that Nigerian scammers are increasingly targeting users of the professional social media network LinkedIn. The cybercrooks are creating fake accounts and sending out typical 419 messages to users. In an example spotted by Bitdefender, the scammers pretend to be the CEO of a pet…

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419 Scam Alert: Scam Victims Compensated via ATM Card

Jan

2014

Nigerian scammers know that many Internet users are well aware of 419 scams. However, they also know that there are still a lot of people that dont know too much about such schemes. Scam emails that are making the rounds these days are a perfect example. The bogus notifications purport to come from World Bank […]

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419 Scammers Eye ICC Champions Trophy 2013

Jun

2013

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy 2013 is currently being held in England and Wales. The group matches are already in progress and the grand finale will be held on June 23. In the past, Symantec observed various spam emails targeting the ICC World T20 and the Cricket World Cup. As expected, we have […]

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