ebay scam criminals
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.06.07
Round-Up That's 'good news' in the loosest sense if you happen to be among the two per cent of people who have fallen victim to a phishing scam. Good news for all would-be cyber criminals: nearly half the people... [22 Jun 2007]
UK suffering fraud boom-time
News A typical skimming scam, involves fraudsters attaching a device to the entry slot of the cash machine to record the details of the card's magnetic strips as they are inserted into the machine. In advanced stings a... [07 Nov 2006]
Online casino punters targeted by malware scams
News Last week Betfair Poker issued a statement to users of its site warning of a social engineering scam which attempted to direct users to a site that would drop a Trojan onto their computer - effectively surrendering... [17 May 2006]
Why does phishing work?
News Speaking at the E-Crime Congress in London last week, Bernhard Otupal, a crime intelligence officer for high-tech crime at Interpol, said consumers are not only still falling for this kind scam in large numbers but... [03 Apr 2006]
Phishers script their way into online banking
News But with cross-site scripting, people are more likely to fall for the scam, because the URL actually belongs to a real business. The scam involved a phishing email that exploited a scripting program on... [15 Mar 2005]
£350,000 internet ID theft gang get 15 years
News The case represents the biggest conviction for the UK's cybercrime police, The National Hi-Tech Crime unit (NHTCU), which was alerted to the scam by LloydsTSB. This was followed last week by a new variant of the Mimail... [21 Nov 2003]
Leader: The end of the 'phishing' line
Leader But what happens to the details of those who fall for the scam? In the case of eBay, which is the subject of more than its fair share of phishing campaigns by fraudsters, silicon.com can finally reveal... [12 Nov 2003]
EXCLUSIVE: eBay warns of new fraud
News The criminal or criminals behind the scam have clearly gone to some lengths to covert heir tracks and evade detection and capture.silicon.com was contacted by Krivosikova after six emails to... [12 Nov 2003]
Fighting Fraud: eBay scam highlights online risks
Comment And there is nothing to stop suspected criminals from trying their luck again with other auction sites. It's time to act to create a unified front against cyber criminals. A bogus eBay... [18 Apr 2001]
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