Posts Tagged ‘unwanted spam’

Bill Gates offers $5000 for Facebook sharing? It’s just not that funny

Apr

2013

Bill Gates may be a billionaire, but if he’s going to splash his cash around he’s got better things to do with it than give it to people who simply share a photo of him on Facebook.That hasn’t, however, stopped almost 400,000 people on Facebook from sharing an image of the Microsoft founder, holding an […]

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Tax evasion? Don’t need that! Spam email promises tax refund! – Fake German Federal Central Tax Office (FCTO) feedback wants to phish sensitive user data

Jun

2012

Tax payers are currently waiting for their tax office’s feedback and the fake email sent to users’ inboxes suggests being a legitimate feedback with a promised tax refund of almost ?235. We’ve seen other mails with different refund values, but the scheme remains the same. The outward appearance of this email is rather convincing, but […]

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Gift Coupon spammers now also aim at Pinterest users – More and more web 2.0 platforms get spammed with fake offers

Mar

2012

There are various active spam campaigns spreading on the pinboards of Pinterest users, such as e.g. fake H&M coupons, an offer for a free coach handbag, fake Walmart, Ikea, Starbucks, Apple iPad, etc. Some Pinterest accounts have at least one whole album full of those dubious offers, promoting various brands: It’s the usual game: people […]

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