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Watch Out For United Nations COVID-19 Compensation Email Scams

08
Apr
2021

Several COVID-19-related scams continue to tease internet users into believing they are about to receive a large sum on behalf of non-existent United Nations programs, Bitdefender Antispam Lab has learned. In all versions of the scam, recipients are told they will get the funds after the necessary arrangements are made with the beneficiary that, of […]

Category Email securitySecurity Written by Hotforsecurity 0 Comments

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You may be Surprise too receive this letterfrom me. . .

19
Jul
2012

You've almost certainly received an email similar to the one below. Despite being well-known and transparent, the Nigerian email scam (also known as the 419 scam, a reference to the article of the Nigerian Criminal Code that such activities violate) retains its place on the list of top ten internet/email scams for 2012, and still results in […]

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Is this *your* passport being used by email scammers?

18
Jun
2012

Chances are that you see your fair share of email scams.You know the kind of thing – “you have won a Euro lottery” (not that you ever entered it), “you have been identified as the heir to a gigantic fortune” (not that you’re really related to the deceased individual) or simply “millions of dollars have […]

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