Scam Related News (01/06/2009)
| Resolve to keep yourself scam-free News Sentinel – Fort Wayne,IN,USA BBB wants to ensure you are aware of scams specifically targeting consumers’ resolutions in 2009. The most important New Year’s resolution people can make … See all stories on this topic |
| Phishing Scam Bursts Twitter’s ‘Trust’ Bubble PC World – USA The Twitteratti are all atwitter about a phishing scam that hit over the weekend. The phishing tweets came in the form of direct messages — essentially … See all stories on this topic |
| Phishing scam hits Twitter SC Magazine US – USA The bogus messages seem to come from someone the user knows or has connected with – a social engineering tactic used to add legitimacy to the scam, … See all stories on this topic |
| Twitter-Based Phishing Scam Raises Alarms Security Pronews – Lexington,KY,USA VentureBeat reports a similar Twitter-user targeted scam involving the chance to win a free iPhone. It’s unclear what the folks at Twitter will be able to … See all stories on this topic |
| Phishers Now Twittering Their Scams Washington Post – United States Suspecting that access-logins might be a domain used by phishers to scam any number of popular online brands, I ran a reverse lookup on the Web site name. … See all stories on this topic |
| House holds hearing today on Madoff scam and SEC’s role Los Angeles Times – CA,USA Madoff’s firm was examined at least eight times in 16 years by the SEC and other regulators, yet his scam continued undetected, the Wall Street Journal … See all stories on this topic |
| BBB Reports on Top 10 Scams of 2008 ABC7Chicago.com – IL, USA Consumers throughout Chicago area and northern Illinois were targets of scams in 2008 that grew in complexity and sophistication. Don’t pay upfront fees for … See all stories on this topic |
| Former Bank Manager Gets 6 1/2 Years in DC Tax Scam Washington Post – United States By Henri E. Cauvin A former bank manager who deposited almost $18 million in fraudulent DC property tax checks was sentenced this morning in federal court … See all stories on this topic |
| Scams hit Facebook, Twitter Detroit Free Press – United States BY MIKE WENDLAND • FREE PRESS TECHNOLOGY COLUMNIST • January 5, 2009 There are are new scams multiplying fast on the popular Twitter and Facebook social … See all stories on this topic |
| Why we fall for financial scams Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA As mentioned, I was a participant — and victim — of the Madoff scam, and have a pretty good understanding of the factors that caused me to behave … See all stories on this topic |
| Advice: Make 2009 Scam-Free With This List Stephanie Zimmermann of the Chicago Sun-Times has put together a list of resolutions to prevent scams, cons, and cheats. We really like the suggestion that you find a reputable locksmith, plumber, A/C repairman, and mechanic now, … Consumerist – http://consumerist.com/ |
| Twitter gets ultimate compliment: a phishing scam – TECH.BLORGE.com Twitter gets ultimate compliment: a phishing scam When it comes to social networking, irritation is the sincerest form of flattery. Twitter can now consider itself as mainstream as Facebook or MySpace after playing unwitting host to a … TECH.BLORGE.com – http://tech.blorge.com/ |
| Twitter Users Hit By Phishing Scam – AppScout Micro-blogging site Twitter was the victim of a phishing scam over the weekend that took control of users’ direct messaging capabilities. AppScout – http://www.appscout.com/ |
| You don’t want that free iPhone — another Twitter scam breaks out … A phishing scam spread quickly on Twitter throughout the weekend — so quickly that Twitter had to put a message … VentureBeat – http://venturebeat.com/ |
| but, that’s just my opinion: Global Warming Scam American Thinker Blog: Documenting the Global Warming Fraud (continued) picThe scientific fraud underlying global warming theory is starting to be exposed (see our first post on the subject), as data manipulations have been discovered, … but, that’s just my opinion – http://jimmyk01.typepad.com/but_thats_just_my_opinion/ |
Did a Comet Hit Earth 12000 Years Ago?: Scientific American
Jan 2, 2009 … Nanodiamonds found across North America suggest that major climate change could have been cosmically instigated.
