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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. Phishing can cost a company... [07 Nov 2006]
eBay: You've got (private) mail
News According to a report from online privacy watchdog Truste, seven out of 10 people who go online have received phishing emails, and 15 per cent of those have been duped into providing personal information.eBay has been... [05 Jan 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Phishing
Cheat Sheet The scam will be emailed out to large lists of people asking them to confirm their eBay or QXL account details for example, because the database is being cleaned up, or some such excuse. The most obvious... [25 Jun 2004]
Alarming rise in phishing attacks
News Phishing is an internet scam where official-looking emails attempt to fool users into disclosing online passwords, user names and other personal information. Victims are usually persuaded to click on a... [26 May 2004]
Phishing line hooks more and more victims
News Phishing is an internet scam in which unsuspecting users receive official-looking emails that attempt to fool them into disclosing online passwords, user names and other personal information such as bank details. [23 Mar 2004]
Leader: The end of the 'phishing' line
Leader The practice of 'phishing' - whereby spam emails try to lure unsuspecting victims to enter account details on a fake web page of a trusted institution such as a bank or ecommerce site such as eBay - has... [12 Nov 2003]
FBI hunting eBay figurine seller
News Up to 74 alleged victims of the scam had contacted the FBI saying they received no goods in return for their money. An eBay trader who collected over $160,000 for undelivered ceramic... [05 Mar 2002]
FBI exposes massive online racket
News ebay claimed that there was one case of fraud for every 40,000 transactions last year and saw one such case where ten victims paid $110,000 each for classic cars that never arrived. FBI officials have... [24 May 2001]
Fighting Fraud: eBay scam highlights online risks
Comment And can victims of cybercrime who acted in good faith and handed over their money or credit card details rely on online trading again? A bogus eBay dealer has been suspended after offering antique coins,... [18 Apr 2001]
