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Your Data and the Business of Online Scams

27

Feb

2013

Like any other businesses, scammers operate within a certain model to ensure the continuity of their schemes. In my previous post, I discussed in details about a typical scammer’s profile, trust model, and the strategies they use to get hold and sustain customers. This time around, we’ll look into the business model that they use […]

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Users pay for package delivery in online dating scams

13

Feb

2013

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warningusers about a new online fraud scheme that became particularly popular in late 2012. Scammers posing as foreigners of Russian descent offer women expensive gifts (tablets, smart phones or jewellery). To deliver the gifts the scammers ask their victims to pay delivery costs via a private courier service’s bogus […]

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Money Transfer Spam Campaign with HTML Attachment

08

Feb

2013

Phishers love to arouse curiosity and/or fear in the user’s mind and this stimulus can compel people to set aside all caution as well as any safety measures they might have in place to avoid such scams.In a recent spam sample seen in our probe network, we observed that by taking advantage of human curiosity, […]

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