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	<title>ScamBlog - One Mans Thoughts about Online Scams. &#187; Identity Theft</title>
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	<description>Scamdex&#039;s Somewhat Cynical Take on Scams</description>
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		<title>Big Internet (Facebook, Google) gets serious about Email Scams.</title>
		<link>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2012/01/big-internet-facebook-google-gets-serious-about-email-scams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2012/01/big-internet-facebook-google-gets-serious-about-email-scams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mxw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Scam Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And this time, they seem to be serious, joining together these powerhouses: * Big Internet: Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, LinkedIn etc. * Big Money (aka financial service providers): Bank of America, Fidelity Investments and PayPal. * Big Security: Agari, &#8230; <a href="http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2012/01/big-internet-facebook-google-gets-serious-about-email-scams/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fake &#8216;Scam&#8217; Website to Educate Consumers.</title>
		<link>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2012/01/fake-scam-wesbite-to-educate-consumers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2012/01/fake-scam-wesbite-to-educate-consumers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mxw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Scam Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity Theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scam Reports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new initiative has been launched by the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) to educate consumers about the pitfalls of internet scams. They have recently launched an educational campaign that includes a fake &#8216;scam&#8217; website. There &#8230; <a href="http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2012/01/fake-scam-wesbite-to-educate-consumers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Phishing Scam of the Day (PenFed)</title>
		<link>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2011/12/phishing-scam-of-the-day-penfed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2011/12/phishing-scam-of-the-day-penfed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mxw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity Theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spoof websites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We received an email today with the promise of a $50 credit to my Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) account if I completed a customer service survey. The &#8220;survey&#8221; was sent as an attached HTML (web page) file, which, when &#8230; <a href="http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2011/12/phishing-scam-of-the-day-penfed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing Identity Theft by Credit Bureau Monitoring</title>
		<link>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2011/06/preventing-identity-theft-by-credit-bureau-monitoring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2011/06/preventing-identity-theft-by-credit-bureau-monitoring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mxw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Scam Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity Theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[LifeLock was arguably the first online business to provide consumer-targetted Identity Theft Protection. Since their start in 2005, LifeLock has provided a useful service providing consumers with the tools they need to help protect themselves from identity theft and manage their credit. Scamdex was and continues &#8230; <a href="http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2011/06/preventing-identity-theft-by-credit-bureau-monitoring/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Lists it&#8217;s &#8216;Dirty Dozen&#8217; Tax Scams</title>
		<link>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2011/06/irs-lists-its-dirty-dozen-tax-scams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2011/06/irs-lists-its-dirty-dozen-tax-scams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mxw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Identity Theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scam Reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Scams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hiding income in offshore accounts, identity theft, return preparer fraud, and filing false or misleading tax forms top the annual list of “dirty dozen” tax scams in 2011, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. “The Dirty Dozen represents the worst &#8230; <a href="http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2011/06/irs-lists-its-dirty-dozen-tax-scams/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230; and now the FTC weighs in.</title>
		<link>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2011/03/and-now-the-ftc-weighs-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2011/03/and-now-the-ftc-weighs-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mxw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advance Fee Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Scam Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity Theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scam Reports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/?p=604</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After the IC3 list released earlier, the FTC publishes it&#8217;s own list of &#8217;Consumer Complaints&#8217; for 2010 The Federal Trade Commission today released the list of top consumer complaints received by the agency in 2010. And for the 11th year in a row, &#8230; <a href="http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2011/03/and-now-the-ftc-weighs-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hippy-eye-ay &#8211; WTF is a HYIP?</title>
		<link>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2009/06/hippy-eye-ay-wtf-is-a-hyip/</link>
		<comments>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2009/06/hippy-eye-ay-wtf-is-a-hyip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mxw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity Theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money laundering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ponzi Schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hyip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment scams]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/?p=532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Wikipedia, a High Yield Investment Program (aka HYIP) is &#8230; A high-yield investment program (HYIP) is a type of Ponzi scheme, which is an investment scam that promises an unsustainably high return on investment by paying previous investors &#8230; <a href="http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2009/06/hippy-eye-ay-wtf-is-a-hyip/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Golden 1 Phone Scam hits Sacramento</title>
		<link>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2009/06/golden-1-phone-scam-hits-sacramento/</link>
		<comments>http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2009/06/golden-1-phone-scam-hits-sacramento/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mxw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity Theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phone scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phone scam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2009/06/golden-1-phone-scam-hits-sacramento/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Social engineering is an approach used to gain unauthorized access to or acquisition of information assets. This approach relies on misrepresentation and the trusting nature of individuals, and is often carried out through the use of phishing telephone calls or &#8230; <a href="http://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2009/06/golden-1-phone-scam-hits-sacramento/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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