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Support Desk Scams: CLSID Not Unique

20

Jul

2011

Yeah, yeah, yet another coldcall scam post, but featuring a ploy I haven’t come across before, intended to convince you that the scammer really knows something about your system, so that you’re likelier to fall for the scam. Rebecca Herold reports for InfosecIsland that she was contacted by one of those helpful “support desk” people who […]

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My First Baby Birth – Video! – Facebook Scam

27

Jun

2011

Scam Signature Message: My First Baby Birth – Video!babaybirthontv.blogspotYeahh! It happens on Live Television!Trending: June 2011Why it’s a Scam:Clicking the link takes you to a blogspot scam page. If you see a funny, sensational or link that makes you curious, and it is hosted on blogspot, you would be better off skipping it altogether. 99% of them […]

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Did a photographer commit suicide after shooting a video? No, it’s a Facebook scam

24

Jun

2011

Scams continue to be a problem on Facebook, and the latest uses a ghoulish lure that we have seen before. Messages are spreading rapidly on the social network claiming to be of a video that a photographer took three days before he committed suicide. Or “commited” suicide, as the scam incorrectly spells it. Photographer commited […]

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