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Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warningusers about a new online fraud scheme that became particularly popular in late 2012. Scammers posing as foreigners of Russian descent offer women expensive gifts (tablets, smart phones or jewellery). To deliver the gifts the scammers ask their victims to pay delivery costs via a private courier service’s bogus […]

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There’s a 419 mail in circulation at the moment (previously seen bouncing around back in April) called “Compensation for Scam Victims” that claims to be offering aid…to victims of 419 scams. Click to Enlarge The text reads: Good day. This to inform you that your e-mail address was found among the list of people that […]

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As reported by various Japanese news agencies, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department recently arrested six men in connection with fraud for using a malicious Android app to scam victims into paying for adult-related video content. Details of the operation can be found in the blog I wrote in back in January. According to the local […]

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