Global Security Watch > Scam Artists Go 'Phishing' - 13wmaz

CU*Securehttp://www.cusecure.org/2008/01/29/scam-artists-go-phishing-13wmaz-6/ [CU*Secure] According to a release from Robins Federal Credit Union, "Phishing is an attempt to criminally or fraudulently acquire sensitive information, …

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FrenchVision Tech[FrenchVision Tech] Paypal buys Fraud Sciences: PayPal allows two users money online via e-mail. The ease with which money, it can also be one of the most targeted for fraud phishing, where fraudulent websites imitates real websites set up for people to fly Log-In details.

13WMAZ.com Top Storieshttp://www.13wmaz.com/news/local_story.aspx?storyid=48110 [13WMAZ.com Top Stories] Scam Artists Go 'Phishing': Robins Federal Credit Union is warning it's customers about what they call a "phishing" scam. According to a release from Robins Federal Credit Union, "Phishing is an attempt to criminally or fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as user names and passwords, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity."

Propeller.com Do No Evil Storieshttp://donoevil.propeller.com/story/2008/01/27/legal-thriller-exposes-legal-scams-and-fraud [Propeller.com Do No Evil Stories] Legal Thriller Exposes Legal Scams and Fraud: Con Man, phishing, fraud, legal, thriller. Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Con Man phishing fraud legal thriller.

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Ryan Naraine's Security Watchhttp://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~r/RSS/security_watch/~3/224814903/paypal_buys_antifraud_technology_1.html [Ryan Naraine's Security Watch] PayPal Buys Anti-Fraud Technology: PayPal, the online payments platform owned by eBay, has shelled out $170 million in cash to snap up Fraud Science, an Israeli company that markets fraud management technology. PayPal, which is high on the list of phishing and ID...

Jobsincredit.com -[Jobsincredit.com -] Fraud Solutions Consultant: To take a key role in delivering Experian’s fraud solutions and capabilities to meet the demands of the modern fraud problems and overcome competition. Define and implement the appropriate product and analytics strategy;

[Toppik Fraud] Don’t Get Hooked By An Internet Phishing Scam.: A phisher uses email as the line and an urgent message as the bait to catch unsuspecting online users.Here’s how phishing works:The unsuspecting fish (you) receives an email (the line) that looks like it comes from someone you would likely trust such a bank, online store, the CIA or even your internet service provider (AOL, EarthLink, NetZero, etc).

Don't Mess With Taxeshttp://dontmesswithtaxes.typepad.com/dont_mess_with_taxes/2008/01/tax-carnival-29.html [Don't Mess With Taxes] Tax Carnival #29: State of the Tax Union: comes to us via Henry Bagdasarian at Free Identity Theft Prevention, Detection and Fraud Solutions. In that same vein we have Amanda from Me vs.

taint.org: Justin Mason's Webloghttp://taint.org/2008/01/28/114216a.html [taint.org: Justin Mason's Weblog] Interview with two phish-scene infiltrators: These blacklists therefore contain IP addresses and host names of servers hosting phishing sites. Since phishing sites are commonly installed on servers that have been compromised, and phishers don’t bother to patch systems they have installed their kits on, this list translates to a ‘list of easily compromisable hosts’

Lisa Page's Daily Home Business Bloghttp://lisapage.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/ways-you-can-avoid-being-scammed-on-ebay/ [Lisa Page's Daily Home Business Blog] Ways You Can Avoid Being Scammed on Ebay: Just open a new case and fill in your details about the transaction, then paypal will investigate it for you. It may take up to 30 days before your money is returned, but at least you get your money back.

Billy (BK) Rios[Billy (BK) Rios] Bad Sushi: Beating Phishers at their own Game: Nitesh and I basically infiltrated a few phishing forums, tracking a phisher from compromised webservers, to phishing forums, to carderz sites.  We managed to get a hold of about 100 different phishing kits, various tools used by phishers, and gained some insight as to how phishers do their business.  I was STAGGERED by the amount of PII (full names, DOBs, credit card numbers, SSNs, addresses, phone numbers”¦) that is placed on public web servers by phishers, hidden only by obscurity.  Once this obscurity is broken, even a simple query in a search engine will reveal a significant amount of stolen identity related information including names, credit card numbers, SSN, DOBs”¦

[Best Identity Theft Blogs] Fraud, Phishing and Financial Misdeeds - Symantec reveals that ...: The most recent time, I’ve mentioned the EFCC on this blog is when they were part of an International task force that collected millions of dollars of countefeit checks (cheques) used in advance fee scams to trick the unwary into .

Consumer Cornerhttp://ago.mo.gov/ConsumerCorner/blog/10304/Phishing_scam_uses_text_message_in_Springfield/ [Consumer Corner] Phishing scam uses text message in Springfield: I got the exact text message as Sherry (above) did today, only it used my bank name, a false bank site (that didn't even come up when I tried to take a look at it, and it spoofed an email address from a dodge dealership halfway across the country. I called the dodge dealership and they were not aware of it.

Money Smart Life[Money Smart Life] Identity Theft is Too Easy - Phishing with a Fax Number: In this hypothetical instance, instead of listing a disguised link the scammer simply lists a fax number and creates a sense of urgency with the recipient. With no hyperlink to trigger my internal scam filter, I didn’t pick up the potential danger of this one until after the information had been sent. 

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