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Shop for free at ASDA? Free ASDA Gift Card Facebook scam spreads rapidly

21

Oct

2011

Hot on the heels of similar scams involving Pizza Hut, and free coffee at Tim Hortons and Starbucks, messages are spreading rapidly between Facebook users about alleged ASDA Gift Vouchers, offering free shopping to “celebrate” the British supermarket chain’s “birthday”. Here’s a typical message: Shop For FREE at ASDA – FREE ASDA Gift Card ?[LINK] […]

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QR code security risks in the car park

14

Sep

2011

QR codes are a highly convenient way to link a physical object to a URL. Point your phone’s camera at the 2D barcode and you’re instantly taken to a website. That’s something which can have security consequences, as mobile guru Terence Eden explains. Recently, Islington Council in London has partnered with Verrus to bring mobile […]

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Need Your Help with Libyan Treasures

29

Aug

2011

Scammers love to feast on human weakness. This time they aim to exploit human ‘need and greed’ to its optimum best. Using recent news is quite common in spam. For example the Libyan uprising, with its rise and fall of Gaddafi, has left a large vacuum with money that is entrapped in the cross fire. […]

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