| Phishing News and Alerts |
| 6/17: |
The Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York, Call For Action, the Federal Trade Commission and Visa USA today announced a joint education campaign to help consumers 'cut the line on phishing scams' |
| 6/10: |
Just days after a computer glitch left millions of Royal Bank of Canada customers accounts in limbo, Canada's biggest bank is now the target of an on-line "phishing" scam. |
| 6/03: |
A new Windows worm, that goes by the name Korgo, is able to auto-infect unpatched systems with a keylogging trojan, steal online banking information, and secretly transmit data back to its creators.
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| 5/22: |
In connection with a so-called "phishing" scheme, the Federal Trade Commission this week filed suit against Michael Maloney, 17, of Middle Village, charging he, or others "acting on his behalf," tricked customers of America Online and Internet payment service PayPal into divulging financial and personal information by sending the fraudulent e-mails.
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| 5/19: |
From CFO.COM: Before identity thieves can target consumers, first they must impersonate a trusted business -- perhaps your business. Prudent companies are learning to minimize the costs to their corporate reputations...
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| 5/18: |
A Texas man has been sentenced to four years for trying to defraud consumers with spam e-mail, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
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| 5/06: |
Fraudulent e-mails designed to dupe Internet users out of their credit card details or bank information topped the three billion mark last month, according to one of the largest spam e-mail filtering companies.
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| 3/30: |
Visa International launches new channel to fight online fraud -- As part of the ongoing drive to identify and shut down fraudulent email and spoof websites, Visa International has set up an alert channel for its 6 million cardholders in Australia to report suspicious online communication which claims to be from Visa.
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| 3/25: |
Britain sees surge in 'phishing': UK bank customers have been warned they may be targeted in a new wave of "phishing" scam emails -- The Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS) has told BBC News Online it is worried by a surge in phishing scam emails in recent days. Customers of some of the UK's largest banks are being targeted.
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| 3/16: |
Phishing scams 'likely to target corporate info soon -- Phishing scams will continue to flourish but their focus will change: they will increasingly target corporate information, the Asia-Pacific vice-president of one of the world's premier security company says.
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| 3/16: |
Phishing Scam Spoofs U.S. Government Site -- Phishing scams are now spoofing a web site operated by the U.S. government, using the Bush administration's information-gathering initiatives as cover for a scam to capture credit card and banking data. The fraud mimicks the Regulations.gov web site, and has triggered a consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission
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| 3/04: |
"Most devious" bank email phishing scam discovered -- The latest email fraud scheme targeted at Australian bank customers has been described as the most "devious" ever encountered. The email, distributed en-masse to Westpac bank customers, represents the latest example of "phishing scams," designed to catch the unwary and fool them into divulging their online banking security details.
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| 3/04: |
Don't get suckered by e-hoaxes -- P.T. Barnum would have had a field day in cyberspace. How else to explain the circus surrounding e-mail scams? In one freshly circulating scam, Citibank customers receive e-mail purportedly from Citi asking them to click on a link to verify account information. Only the e-mail is a fake.
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