Archive for 'Scams & Hoaxes'
Yahoo Serving Up Dangerous Ads
It’s obvious that Yahoo will let anyone advertise regardless of what products or services an advertiser is selling. In this case, the ad below takes users to a rogue software site to download a registry cleaner program to speed up a computer. I find this very irresponsible on Yahoo’s part to not demonstrate responsibility on [...]
Full StoryApple ID Verification Scam
There’s an email purporting to be from Apple, claiming that you must verify your information or your account will be suspended. In order to verify your Apple ID, you must click on a link in the email. This link leads to a phishing website that steals personal identifiable information and is used in unlawful activities [...]
Full StoryTax Refund Scam on the Loose!
There’s an email purporting to be from the U.S Government Tax services stating that your refund is ready to be deposited in your bank account. In order to ensure proper delivery and deposit, the email states that you must confirm your personal identifiable information. This is a phishing scam out to steal banking information and [...]
Full StoryHow to Protect Against Identity Theft and Identity Fraud
Online scams are a huge problem in today’s digital world. One of the most dangerous and most common threats out there is identity theft. This is when someone gets hold of your secure information like your I.D number, credit card number, password or email address and impersonates you for their own benefit. Usually this includes [...]
Full StoryPayPal Phishing Scam – Your Account has Been Limited
There’s an email purporting to be from PayPal, claiming that your account has been limited due a problem. This is a phishing scam that tries to fool members in providing personal information in order to lift the limit of their PayPal account. These scammers create web pages using all the same content and logos to [...]
Full StoryBeware of This Year’s Holiday Scams
Scammers are in full force during the holiday season trying to lure in customers to buy into their scams. It is important that you never reply to these offers as this will notify the scammer or online crooks that your email is active. The most popular scams are all about great deals, loans, and auctions. [...]
Full StoryMetLife Phishing Scam
There’s an email purporting to be from MetLife, claiming to save you money on life insurance. This is a scam out to collect personal identifiable information which the scammer will sell to other 3rd party marketers or even use it to steal your identify. If you click on any links inside the email, it will [...]
Full StoryBeware of COSTCO Rewards Scam
There’s an email purporting to be from COSTCO, claiming that your next Purchase at Costco is FREE! This is a phishing scam out to collect personal identifiable information to be sold to other 3rd party marketers and or other illegal activities including identity theft. The email “from” address is not a COSTCO email address which [...]
Full StoryExtended Auto Warranty Scams
There’s an email claiming that by entering your make, model and year, you can qualify for cheap Auto Protection for unlimited claims for auto repairs. The link in the email goes to a web site that has a poor reputation by the Web of Trust community. The web site collects personal identifiable information and could [...]
Full StoryJob Application Phishing Scam
There’s an email claiming you have a job application pending in which you never submitted an application for the specific job posting. This scam tries to trick users who may have submitted applications via the internet. The link in the email goes to an untrusted domain with a poor reputation. The link goes to solidjoboffer.com [...]
Full StoryYahoo Account Blocked Notification Scam
How does Yahoo allow these emails to be delivered to a recipient’s in-box? I find this very irresponsible on Yahoo’s part that their security can’t catch these scams that are using their brand. The latest scam claims that your email account will be temporally blocked due to messages that have been triggering our spam box. [...]
Full StoryScammers Out in Force for Mother’s Day
Each year we honor our mother’s for all the good they’ve done for us and the love that comes with it. Unfortunately, low life crooks use this day to peddle their scams to steal money from people. Scammers will re-purpose content and graphics (logos) from legitimate web sites that offer flowers, gifts, etc. and try [...]
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