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Facebook Money & Romance Scams: An Intricate Web of Deceit

30

Sep

2011

Using Facebook as a means for communication is becoming more and more treacherous as scams running through the site have become more intricate and much harder to detect. One woman named Edythe Schumacher has just recently fallen victim to one of these scams. The scammer successfully impersonated her sister, Susan Palmer, and convinced her to […]

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Western Union money transfer email disguises Trojan attack

31

Aug

2011

If you’re clued-up about computer security, it’s unlikely that you would fall for this scam. However, there are plenty of people who haven’t learnt to be suspicious of unsolicited emails and wouldn’t think twice about opening an attachment if they believe they’ve been sent some money via Western Union. You can imagine how people might […]

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Phishing and YouTube marijuana videos send man to jail for 13 years

30

Jun

2011

A Los Angeles man has been sentenced to a total of 13 years in jail after being found guilty of leading an international phishing operation, and growing marijuana on an industrial scale in his house. 27-year-old Kenneth Joseph Lucas II was sentenced after judges found the Los Angeles man guilty of leading the US branch […]

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