Posts Tagged ‘advance fee fraud’

Did you fall for a 419 scam? Get your money back! Or not.

Aug

2011

People that have already fell for one scam are more likely to fall for another. That seems to be the logic behind the latest Nigerian advance-fee fraud scams. They explain to you that if you’ve lost money in a Nigerian 419 scam, you can apply for compensation — after paying a suitable fee… Here’s a […]

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Congratulations!!! You won ?2m pounds: SMS 419 Scams

Jul

2011

Topi Kanniainen, from Digitoday contacted us regarding an SMS advance fee fraud (419) scam message that he received. It turns out that a member of our Threat Research team has also received such a message, back in January — he saved it. Here’s what it looks like: Here’s ukmobilelotto.com: Google Apps? The (cloud friendly) scammers […]

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419: UK lets the Good Times Roll

Jun

2011

Recession? What recession? According to my colleague Urban Schrott, the UK is awash with so much money that the Prime Minister is mailing Irish citizens to tell them that their Overdue Inheritance payment of £2.5 million is waiting for them. The British Prime Minister, that is. For the geographically and/or politically challenged, the Republic of […]

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