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Scams

Beware the 12 Scams of Christmas

by Matt on November 29, 2009

Below is an excellent article from Fox News about cyberscams during the holiday season.
Getting a bargain on Cyber Monday seems compelling. But with online shopping comes the risk of cyberscams.
According to Consumer Reports, cybercriminals have bilked $8 billion from consumers in the past two years. And as Americans open their wallets and their browsers for [...]

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New X-Rated Facebook Worm

by Matt on November 25, 2009

There is a new Facebook worm which will direct you to a link containing pornography. The following are the details of the worm:
The hook to the new Facebook worm appears in a friend’s profile as the racy image at left.
Click the image, and you are brought to a Web page with the same image.
Analysis [...]

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Scareware Downloads Porn On Your System

by Matt on November 25, 2009

Scareware is a type of malware designed to trick victims into purchasing and downloading useless and potentially dangerous software.
Scareware, which generates pop-ups that resemble Windows system messages, usually purports to be antivirus or antispyware software, a firewall application or a registry cleaner. The messages typically say that a large number of problems — such as [...]

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How ATM card skimming and PIN capturing scams work.
View more documents from worldstuff.

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Glenn Beck: Cars.gov allows government to takeover your computer.
“This application provides access to the DoT CARS system. When logged on to the CARS system, your computer is considered a Federal computer system and is the property of the U.S. Government.”
DO NOT GO TO THE CARS.GOV WEBSITE!

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New Social Networking Scam

by Matt on July 31, 2009

Don’t fall victim to social networking hackers!

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Online Scams

by Matt on June 24, 2009

Alissa Atkinson reports on nine online scams used by scammers to con Americans out of millions.
The scammers are so successful is because of the high number of unsuspecting victims and because of the amount of information available on the web.
“The problem now is that so much information is available on the Internet,” FBI spokesman Richard [...]

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