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

04
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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Bitcoin “wallet” hacked – heisted $500K?

17
Jun
2011

Old western cowboys beware, this heist didn’t happen with a stagecoach at gunpoint, it’s a new era out there. A user, going by the username allinvain reports he had 25,000 Bitcoins (BTC) stolen when his computer was infected. At the current BTC exchange rate, that haul would net about $500,000. Not too shabby for a […]

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