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RSS scammerPhishers set their sights on corporate accounts
News The scammer will typically target the people who handle financial transactions in a company, sending them emails containing a link that, when clicked on, causes key-logging malware to be installed on their computer. [04 Nov 2009]
Scammers pose as banks in live chat hack
News The scammer claims to be from the bank's fraud department and says that the bank is requiring members to validate their accounts, asking for additional information such as name, phone number, and email address, according... [18 Sep 2009]
Chip and PIN hack attack demoed
News In the prototype system built by the Cambridge pair, the chip has been removed from the modified card and the card is connected to a laptop concealed in a rucksack - via wires running up the sleeve of the scammer. [06 Feb 2007]
UK suffering fraud boom-time
News Alternatively the scammer can 'shoulder surf' - read over the victims shoulder as they enter their PIN. The number of phishing scams in the UK has escalated by 1,471 per cent in the last 12 months, the latest fraud... [07 Nov 2006]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: The worst ever 419 scam emails
Comment In an almost 'Dear Deirdre' confession the scammer says: "The problem I have is trust. Perhaps this geographical naivety is the result of the scammer being from a different part of the space/time... [27 Sep 2006]
Fraudsters ready with "a scam for everyone"
News And nearly one in 10 of those targeted had actually fallen victim to the scammer and parted with money. Younger, more affluent consumers are just as likely as vulnerable, older consumers to be targeted by scammers. [16 Feb 2006]
Leader: Playing sheriff of the wild, wild web
Leader The best way to outwit a scammer is to know what they know. New government plans to crack down on fraudsters show just how restricted individual countries are in the fight against online scammers. The Office of Fair... [02 Feb 2006]
Blacklist of 'risky' bank staff to counter insider fraud
News In one case, the same scammer was hired by three institutions, she said. Major US financial institutions are working to set up a new defence against insider fraud: a database of employees who are known to be scam risks. [27 Oct 2005]
First Katrina web scammer up in court
News A Florida man who collected nearly $40,000 over the web for Hurricane Katrina humanitarian relief was indicted on fraud charges on Monday. According to the indictment, Florida resident Gary Kraser allegedly used email and the website... [04 Oct 2005]
$200,000 eBay scammer jailed for six years
News A federal judge in the US has sentenced a man to more than six years in prison for conducting internet scams on eBay. US District Judge George Singal rejected a plea bargain from Charles Stergios, 21, because of the man's failure to... [07 Apr 2005]
419 victims not greedy or stupid, says OFT
News The first clue that should warn consumers that they are being targeted by a scam is that the contact with the scammer will be unexpected, Haley said. The government has proclaimed February 'scam awareness month' and is... [18 Feb 2005]
Another tsunami scammer charged
News A man has been released on bail after being charged with stealing donations for tsunami relief. Twenty-four-year-old Matthew Schmieder, who is accused of sending emails purporting to be from a genuine aid organization, was arrested last... [19 Jan 2005]
Leader: We have passwords, so why don't banks?
Leader But how easy would it be for a scammer to replicate such a strategy, just pushing a little further the kind of information they require? It would only take a couple of calls asking for different 'random' characters... [11 Jan 2005]
eBay teen scammer steals £45,000 selling nothing
News One victim lost £2,500 to the scammer, who had set up three bank accounts in order to handle the proceeds of the fraud. A 17-year-old boy from Wales, who made over £45,000 from selling non-existent goods on eBay, spent... [12 Oct 2004]
Fake stock market tip scam becomes phone spam
News According to ASIC "the scammers are trying to influence people to buy stock in a company that they invest in" to trigger a rise in the share price, after which the scammer sells his or her shares at a profit leaving the... [27 Sep 2004]
