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News Scammers also are increasingly attracted to virtual worlds, where they have numerous ways of trying to steal private data for fraud. The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who attempt to... [28 Aug 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.06.07
Round-Up Because this shocking statistic of course means there is a still a huge untapped market for scammers to target with their cleverly crafted (and sometimes not so cleverly crafted) emails. Barrett added: "The good news is... [22 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.03.07
Round-Up The Round-Up's inbox looks like a who's who of email spammers and scammers and yet Outlook stands by like Blind Pew and lets it all past. Hundreds of 419 scams merrily dance past Microsoft's lame-duck... [09 Mar 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.02.07
Round-Up In fact, the SuperMegaLotto, mentioned above, wasn't sent by scammers at all. The OFT claimed: "The lottery scams awareness campaign is also supported by Camelot which runs the National Lottery and the... [23 Feb 2007]
Email scammers face Euro crackdown
News Email scammers will be left with "nowhere to hide" following moves to tighten up European consumer protection, according to the government. The new measures will tackle cross-border scams including email... [02 Jan 2007]
Leader: Phishers raise their game
Leader So now these scammers realise the need for a second string to their bow. It used to be the case that phishing scams were pretty random. As the news broke you could almost hear the criminals, somewhere in... [14 Nov 2006]
Bank of Ireland coughs up for phishing victims
News The bank had initially refused to refund victims, who lost about €160,000 to scammers after receiving the fake emails. However, he warned that people may feel less threatened by phishing scams in... [08 Sep 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.08.06
Round-Up Another group spending considerably less time online these days would appear to be the 419 scammers who are showing some signs of job fatigue.silicon.com's editorial mail bag still receives dozens of these mails per day... [25 Aug 2006]
Cheap VoIP? It's a 'vish' come true for scammers...
News Cheaply available voice over IP numbers and net calling are helping crooks launch new data-thieving scams, a security company has warned. In a twist on phishing, fraudsters are now calling their intended victims instead... [11 Jul 2006]
Best Practices: Protecting Against the Growing Threat of Phishing Scams
White Paper Finally it provides a list of practical steps that each employee can take when using the Internet to help foil the scammers. Phishing threats are growing in sophistication and are potential impacts to Small and Medium... [05 Jul 2006]
Attorney general gets tough on fraud
News The government is to launch a national anti-fraud strategy, as its legal advisors have said a more unified effort is required to beat scammers and thieves. The Office of the Attorney General yesterday released a report... [23 Mar 2006]
Fraudsters ready with "a scam for everyone"
News Younger, more affluent consumers are just as likely as vulnerable, older consumers to be targeted by scammers. According to the OFT, the results run counter to expectations that the main focus for... [16 Feb 2006]
Can 'scam sweeps' clean up the internet?
News But critics warned such a project is unlikely to be much of a barrier to scammers, who can operate from other countries with impunity. Few scammers are stopped, Mike Haley, head of the OFT Scambusters... [02 Feb 2006]
Brits fall foul of phone fraud
News Scammers have duped two million Brits into calling premium-rate phone lines at rates of £1.50 per minute. And more than 15 million adults have received automated phone calls from scammers in recent years... [05 Jan 2006]
Re:Viewing 2005: The year in security
News And the endgame of the scammers was often identity theft but more and more the issue of industrial espionage was coming up in conversations about security. So this year the scammers have been swapping... [19 Dec 2005]
