Scamdex is all about scams, fraud and theft. The Internet has opened a world-wide Pandora's box of opportunities for parting people from their money. The lonely Nigerian widow who wants to share her fortune may be a member of the Russian mafia - this is how he makes his money and he's very good at it. Scamdex is a huge archive of carefully sifted email scams, categorized and analysed. The ScamBlog is commentary on the world of scams - scams which get bigger, cleverer and nastier day by day. These are our thoughts on stuff that makes us mad and costs people money.....
There’s nothing new about paypal scams. You get an email in your email box and it tells you some gibberish about needing to login to your account for some bogus reason. Of course, the page you go to looks just like paypal, but it’s just …
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Police in Slovenia have arrested a 23-year-old man in Maribor believed to be responsible for creating the Mariposa botnet, a collection of hacked PCs that spanned an estimated 12 million computers across the globe, according to reports. The Associated Press cites FBI officials in Washington, D.C. stating that authorities had arrested “Iserdo,” the nickname u […]
As a rule, I tend to avoid writing about reports and studies unless they offer truly valuable and actionable insights: Too often, reports have preconceived findings and that merely serve to increase hype and drum up business for the companies that commission them. But I always make an exception for the annual data breach report issued by the Verizon Business […]
Recently I came into possession of a series of documents showing the financial books of an organization that orchestrates the distribution of rogue anti-virus attacks or "scareware," programs that hijack victim PCs with misleading security alerts in an effort to frighten the user into purchasing worthless security software. I found many interesting […]
scamdex: RT @opendns: April is Take OpenDNS to Work Month. Have you told your IT guy/gal or network admin at work about OpenDNS yet? http://bit.l ... […]
scamdex: Uk Dell Supplies Department Center/ is a target for a Job Scam - involves check fraud (Payment Processing Scam) - Sender: Stephen J. Felice […]
DeWitt, NY -- DeWitt police are warning residents of a telephone scam that involves calls from the same phone in the 502 area code, which is in Kentucky. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
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By Lucian Constantin, Security News Editor A new affiliate marketing scam currently spreading on Facebook is preying on people's curiosity. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
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by Roger Bell ROANOKE RAPIDS — Two men are apprehended in connection with home repair scams in the area. According to Roanoke Rapids Deputy Police Chief ...See all stories on this topic » […]
Friends and colleagues of a vicar who carried out hundreds of sham marriages in St Leonards to bypass immigration law have talked about their shock and ...See all stories on this topic » […]
The president of Hunter Creek Homes, a manufactured home dealership in Smithfield, has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiring to defraud ...See all stories on this topic » […]
By Adam Breen Local and state court officials are reporting the resurgence in a telephone scam designed to dupe people into divulging personal information ...See all stories on this topic » […]
And unless you want to be a victim of identity theft or online scams, you need to remember those spelling rules from elementary school. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
Another business said it also was hit by the scam, police said. Tampa detectives said they think Upright and Norwood will continue to ask for donations when ...See all stories on this topic » […]
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