Archive for December, 2009

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Dec

BBB alerts businesses, consumers on new scam | All the Buzz

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Submitted by Katrina Styx on December 31, 2009 – 10:14am. The Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota is advising both businesses and consumers to be on alert for a new phishing scam. …

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Dec

FCC Boss Spams Facebook Friends With Make Money Now Scam

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New Phishing Scam Making Its Way Around Facebook Nov 04 09. Facebook Scam ALERT: Don’t Click “CooooL Video” Aug 13 09. Areps.at: Another Facebook Phishing Scam [WARNING] May 21 09 …

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Dec

Phishing scam targets auto dealerships | INFORUM | Fargo, ND

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The Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota advises businesses and consumers to be alert for a new phishing scam targeting auto dealers.

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Dec

Phishing Scam Alert | CPHA-N • California Public Health

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Attention: PHISHING SCAM –. CDC Sponsored State Vaccination Program for H1N1. The CDC has received reports of fraudulent emails (phishing) referencing a CDC sponsored State Vaccination Program for H1N1. The messages request that users …

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Dec

Consumers entitled to one free credit report per year

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If you get an e-mail or see a pop-up ad claiming it’s from AnnualCreditReport.com or any of the three nationwide consumer reporting companies, do not reply or click on any link in the message – it’s probably a phishing scam. …

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Dec

Berman Post: The 15 Biggest Stories of 2009

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E-mail Phishing Scam (Oct 5-9) 45% 9. Senate passes health insurance bill (Dec 21-25) 44% 10. Navy SEALS charged with punching terrorist (Nov 23-27) 40% 11. Stimulus contents (Feb 2-6) 39% 12. Ted Kennedy dies (Aug 24-28) 38.7% …

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Dec

Wipe The Slate Clean For 2010, Commit Web 2.0 Suicide | Buy

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williamalvarez (William Alvarez) : RT @danatodd: Facebook phishing scam going around. I got two so far. @wilw posted about it: http://bit.ly/4TlYGW.. Updated : 2009-12-31T18:29:23Z | Reply | View Tweet …

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Dec

I Kill Spammers: 2009: Year Three Of Consistent Action Against

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The message, a picture of which is displayed below, was a United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) phishing scam. The spam email was sent by a bot running on a compromised machine in India (122.167.68.1). The spamtrap address to …

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Dec

I look like a policeman at a birthday party. » New phishing scam

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A cagey new credit card phishing scam has been targeting Twin Cities auto dealerships, and the state’s Better Business Bureau said it fears con artists may expand the scheme to other businesses. The scammers have tricked people into …

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Dec

The Most-Viewed Bits Posts of 2009 - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

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Fast-Spreading Phishing Scam Hits Gmail Users. There’s no telling how many Gmail users were duped by a fast-spreading — and bizarre — phishing attack. In late February, Gmail users began receiving messages that appeared to be from …

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