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Gaddafi email scam offers you millions, and to set up an orphanage!

26

Oct

2011

It’s not just malware authors who are taking advantage of the death of Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi. Scammers and fraudsters are exploiting what they see as a money-making opportunity too. Take the following “top secret” email, for instance. It claims to come from one of Gaddafi’s cohorts, who says he is currently hiding in a small […]

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Letter from HM Treasury? Just another scam

23

Oct

2011

Over the past 24 hours we have seen a flurry of emails purporting to be from George Osborne MP, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer. With reference to supposed stalled international fund transfers, the messages attempt to lure recipients into making contact with the fraudsters, in a classic 419 style scam. We have seen at […]

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Free Argos gift card for Christmas? It’s a Facebook scam

21

Oct

2011

Yet another scam is spreading rapidly on Facebook, this time claiming to offer a free ?500 Argos gift card to British shoppers. Free ?500 Argos gift cards for Christmas [LINK] As it’s coming up to Christmas we have decided to give away 250 ?500 Argos gift cards. The scam follows the highly prevalent ASDA gift […]

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