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On the eve of the Melbourne Cup, the ACCC’s SCAMwatch service has warned punters to be aware of expensive gambling prediction software or ‘betting scams’ appearing in time for the nation’s biggest racing day. Yahoo and Microsoft are teaming up in an effort to stop lottery email scams. The ACCC has released the latest edition of "The little black book of scams", a user friendly guide that draws attention to a wide variety of scams regularly targeting Australian consumers and businesses in areas such as online, over the phone and door-to-door. A variant of the extremely popular Nigerian 419 scam is possible via Paypal, the INQ has discovered. On paper it looks bulletproof but it's still a big con.
Security experts are warning users of a high risk of phishing operations connected to Hurricane Gustav. The recent natural disasters in China and Myanmar have led to scams to steal money intended for donations. End-users should brace themselves for a new wave of phishing emails that reference the recipient's holiday credit card spending pattern during the Christmas season. In light of the fake Olympic ticket scam the Federal Police together with the Bankers' Association is warning internet users of a another popular internet swindle. A report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed that over five per cent of Australians were victims of personal fraud in 2007. The twisters and historic floods sweeping across the US will give rise to malicious attacks, the SANS Storm Center warned on Friday. Computer Crime Squad Detectives in Perth have arrested a 29 year-old Nigerian man for his alleged involvement with an international online crime syndicate which media reports claim has defrauded its victims of $1 million.
PayPal and eBay are easily the most common brands used in online scams, a PhishTank report reveals. Three men pleaded guilty this week in New York to running get-rich-quick spam schemes - including a scam where one of the men claimed to have terminal throat cancer - targeting email users. 94 percent of spam-advertised online scams are hosted on individual web
servers. Information security experts warned users today to be on the lookout for legitimate-looking websites exploiting Monday's massacre at Virginia Tech. A mass spear phishing attack could await victims of the recently publicised data breach at discount online broker TD Ameritrade, IT security experts warned. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today halted trading on shares of 35 companies believed to be involved in recent pump-and-dump spam campaigns. Internet-related criminal activities resulted in nearly US$240 million in reported losses in the US, according to the 2007 Internet Crime Report released by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the FBI. Anti-spam firm ClearMyMail has claimed 100 percent protection against PDF spam, as spammers change their tactics in a bid to flood mailboxes.
Spamming scammers claiming to be contract killers have hit unsuspecting email users with a new con trick, security experts warned this week.