Internet Scams

Digg Phishing Scam Exposed After Twitter

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:38:45 -0600

Hackers didn’t just stop at the Twitter Phishing Scam that we saw few days back. Now They are after the social news site - Digg!

Twitter Phishing Scam - Protect your Account

Armen Hareyan — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:54:53 -0600

Chris Pirillo pointed out a Twitter Phishing Scam that is spreading pretty fast in the tweetosphere. Its nothing but an old phishing trick - You will probably get a DM that says “Check this cool website…” along with a link. Now when you click that the link redirects to this website: http://twitter.access-logins.com/login/. (Please Don’t click!).

Scientists Discover Hell: As Astronauts Find Heaven: New Book Brings Hope To Nigerians

MichaelChima — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:23:39 -0600

When you expect to hear bad news from a country known for Yahoo-Yahoo Internet scams, but what you see is a new groundbreaking book of awesome revelations, what would you say? Good news from Nigeria?

Consumer Security Expert Offers Tips, Advice for Online Safety

harminka — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:14:32 -0500

Microsoft Corp. recently completed an extensive consumer survey that revealed nearly one out of every five online U.S. adults (17 percent) has been a victim of at least one Internet scam, and 81 percent of those admitted they did something that led to the crime, such as opening an e-mail message that appeared to be from a legitimate person or company.

Computer scientists shed light on Internet Scams

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:09:13 -0500

94 percent of spam-advertised online scams are hosted on individual Web servers, say scientists from University of California - San Diego.