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News UK firms are being warned about a new online scam that targets the Companies House database in an attempt to hijack the identity of registered companies. The scam involves fraudsters accessing a form on the Companies House website to change the... [14 Feb 2005]
Four men jailed for data protection scam
News The sentences were passed down after one man, Francis Boyd, pleaded guilty to dishonestly obtaining more than £400,000 between December 2002 and April 2004 using scam notices sent to companies asking for payment to register them under the Data... [31 Jan 2007]
Japan slams mobile porn scam
News The Japanese government has moved to outlaw a mobile phone scam which was fooling consumers into dialling extortionately priced premium rate numbers. The scam involves the use of computers to dial as many as 3,000 mobile handsets per minute - only... [05 Dec 2002]
Busted: The £3m online holiday scam
News The six companies involved in the scam have now been wound up by the High Court following a Department of Trade and Industry investigation, but not before up to £3m had gone into the coffers of the conmen. [13 Dec 2002]
FSA warns of Y2K scam
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued an urgent warning to consumers about a telephone-based banking scam. A band of fraudsters have been conning bank account details out of US customers by calling up claiming to be a representative of... [24 Aug 1999]
Can 'scam sweeps' clean up the internet?
News In an attempt to fight back, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is promoting Scam Awareness Month, a scheme set up by the International Consumer Protection Enforcement Network. Click here to see a photo of Gerry Sutcliffe, DTI minister for consumer... [02 Feb 2006]
Canadian national lottery scam hits the UK
News The government has today warned against a new telephone scam that tries to con people out of their hard-earned cash by using the promise of a lucrative lottery win just waiting to be collected. The latest version of the scam has victims receiving a... [03 Dec 2003]
New Citibank email scam spreads
News Citibank warned customers last month about a spam email scam that informed recipients their Citibank account would be suspended unless they accepted new terms and conditions. But one silicon.com reader, Remo Cornali from Italy, has forwarded on a... [01 Sep 2003]
Nigerian shot dead in email scam row
News A Czech pensioner has been arrested and charged with the murder of a Nigerian diplomat after being left out of pocket by the notorious Nigerian money scam. The 72-year old man fell for the email scam, which invites recipients to hand over bank... [20 Feb 2003]
Stock scam spam: Going up
News The volume of stock scam spam has risen, posing a new threat to investors, warns a new study from network security firm Sophos. The volume of "pump-and-dump" stock scam email has increased at an average rate of 10 per cent per month, the company said. [05 Aug 2005]
'Fake' scam text messages warn against rip-offs
News The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is sending out fake scam SMS messages to young people to help raise awareness around text scams. Mike Haley, director of consumer protection at the OFT, said the organisation hopes the fake scam texts will remind... [15 Feb 2008]
Best of Reader Comments: Your Nigerian email scam feedback
News Many of you read our email conversation with one Mr Madu Frank last week, in which recounted our experiences stringing along a conman who was trying to commit the notorious Nigerian 419 scam. I wish you greater luck than I did when taking the last... [24 Feb 2003]
silicon.com Classics: 'Nigerian' money scam - What happens when you reply?
News Everyone is now familiar with these 419 scam emails, so called because of the section of the criminal code in Nigeria (where a number of these emails have originated) which deals with fraud. Anybody who has ever received one of these scam emails... [04 Feb 2008]
Nigerian scam update: The crackdown continues
News Last week silicon.com published a series of articles about the notorious Nigerian email fraud - know as the 419 scam - in which victims are offered a share of a vast fortune in return for allowing the money to be laundered through their bank account. [26 Feb 2003]
Nigerian 419 scam: What is Hotmail doing about it?
News Last week's coverage of the 'Nigerian' 419 email scam led many of you to contact us demanding to know what part ISPs and webmail providers are playing in the fight against this fraud.silicon.com spoke to a representative of Hotmail, which has... [04 Mar 2003]
