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Yahoo Email Hacked
Anyone who has a Yahoo Mail account should change their password! My wife’s account was just hacked – not sure how as she doesn’t use it any more, but none-the-less it was. Read More
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What is Phishing and how can I avoid them?
An explanation on what Phishing is. Read More
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Nigerian eBay Scam – Victim lost $8700 for selling PS3 on EBay
An unfortunate single mother was scammed into sending $8700 to a Nigerian who claimed to represent Western Australia’s government’s consumer protection agency. Read More
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| HM Revenue & Customs – Phishing | May 8, 2010 |
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A Phishing email claiming that there is a tax refund due from the HM Revenue and Customs. Read More
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| Western Union Transfer – Nigerian 419 Scams | April 21, 2010 |
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The classic Nigerian Scam email which claims that a large sum of money is waiting to be deposited into your account. But no doubt there will be a ‘release fee’. Read More
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| Bank Midwest Support Center – Phishing | April 21, 2010 |
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Please note that your Bank Midwest Internet banking
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| HM Revenue & Customs – Phishing | April 9, 2010 |
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A Phishing email claiming that there is a tax refund due from the HM Revenue and Customs. Read More
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| Ceffinc Cons & Fin – Nigerian 419 Scams | April 9, 2010 |
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A job proposal and all I have to do is to be the middleman for large money transactions and I can keep 5%? Sounds to good to be true, and guess what – it is! Read More
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| DEBT MANAGEMENT – Nigerian 419 Email Scam | April 1, 2010 |
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Why the capitals? Anyway, an email saying that you have $1.751 Million waiting to be deposited in my account. Why me? Who am I to be the beneficiary of such a large sum? A fool if I believed it! Read More
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| PNC – Phishing Email | March 31, 2010 |
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An email claiming to be from Pinacle Express (and I thought it was spelled Pinnacle – silly me) stating that if I don’t update my profile I will have access problems in the future! Read More
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| Bendigo Bank – Phishing Email | March 30, 2010 |
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A fraudulent email claiming to be from the Bendigo Bank in Australia stating that I need update my bank records otherwise my account will be suspended. Read More
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| Internal Revenue Service – Phishing Email | March 28, 2010 |
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An IRS email asking that I log onto their website to access my tax statement. Read More
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| HSBC – Phishing Email | March 19, 2010 |
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An email from HSBC bank explaining my account has been suspended to protect against ‘any instance of fraud ou’. Ou?? Anyway, it is requesting that I access my account and view my statements to check if there is any suspicious activities. Hang-on, I thought my account had been suspended?? Read More
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| HSBC – Phishing Email | March 19, 2010 |
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Another email claiming to be from the HSBC bank stating that my account has been suspended and that I should log on to restore access. Read More
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| HM Revenue & Customs – Phishing Email | March 19, 2010 |
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Great! The HM Revenue and Customs would like to pay me 965.80 GBP! If only it was true! Read More
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| Coca Cola – Nigerian 419 Email Scam | March 16, 2010 |
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Wow! I won a load of cash from Coca Cola! Strange that the representative lives in Africa and doesn’t have a Coca Cola email address (patrickthabo3@terra.com). Read More
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