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Evolution of the “Work from home” scam

09

Nov

2012

The “Work at home mum makes $X,000/month”scam has been around forever. In fact it has been an integral part of various scam campaigns which we’ve detailed in the past. These scams even appear in the list of the top-20,000 most visited websites in the world.It is interesting to follow the evolution of this scam. The scam site […]

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“Free $100 McDonald’s Gift Card” is a Facebook scam

08

Nov

2012

Hungry for a few dozen hamburgers? Your stomach will continue to rumble, plus your blood pressure will likely go up, if you click on a Facebook survey scam offering “Free $100 McDonald’s Gift Card”. Hoax-Slayer is reporting that the post promises the meaty $100 payoff to those who click on a link in the rogue […]

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Of Elections and Shenanigans

06

Nov

2012

Today is that fateful day: Election Day. And we’re not short of seeing shenanigans related to this big event that online criminals and scammers have been taking advantage of for months. What we have below are just some of what we found surrounding the elections. First off is a file that goes by the name […]

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