Toxic Excuses      
A good friend of mine recently sent me an email regarding an alleged missing child, Penny Brown. When told the message was a hoax, she responded in an all too familiar fashion: "I thought it might be, but I sent it just in case." Likewise, I often receive email from readers who became infected after opening an email attachment. Their familiar refrain is, "I knew I probably shouldn't open it, but it came from my cousin/sister/friend."
 
WTC Survivor      
Description: Two variants of this hoax exist. One masquerades as a warning about an alleged dangerous new virus. The second claims to be a photograph taken just moments before planes struck the World Trade Center on 9/11. Example of the virus hoax: Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 2:36 AM
 
How to send and receive e-cards more safely      
E-cards are created the same way Web sites are; they're built on the Internet just like this page. So when you send someone an e-card, you're actually giving them a link to click, which takes them to the online greeting card you created for them.
 
'POSTCARD' Virus Hoax      
Netlore Archive: Hoax email alert warns of 'the worst virus ever' circulating in the form of an attachment labeled 'POSTCARD'
 
Greetings! Someone Has Sent You an E-Card Virus      
Think you got a cheery greeting card from a friend via e-mail? Well, think again, and be careful before opening it. A new form of fake e-card notification e-mails are unleashing nasty viruses and virus-carrying Trojan horses on unsuspecting users.
 
Credit Card Fraud Causes Angst for Romanian Gamers      
Phishing, password-stealing Trojans, and data security breaches are just three of the items contributing to high levels of ecommerce credit card fraud. According to CyberSource, the combined impact of ecommerce credit card fraud was estimated to be $3.6 billion in 2007.
 
Fraudulent Link Scams      
Scams, in general, are the new malware delivery method. Social engineering is the norm. Falsifying a link is the hallmark of phishing scams, seeded downloader Trojans, and other web-based malware. To understand how trivially easy it is for a malicious person to falsify a link, see: "Ferreting out a Fake".
 
Top Online Email and Internet Scams      
The Internet makes it easier to accomplish many things - banking, research, travel, and shopping are all at our virtual fingertips. And just as the Internet makes it easier for legitmate pursuits, it also makes it easier for scammers, con artists, and other online miscreants to carry out their virtual crimes - impacting our real life finances, security, and peace of mind. These Internet scams are constantly evolving - here are the most common today.
 
eBay Phishes: a Red-Herring for eBay Hijackings?      
By now, we're all used to seeing those fake emails that claim your eBay account was hijacked, or claim listings for items you know aren't really on your account. The goal of these email, called phishes, is to get you to follow the link provided in the email and enter your login credentials on a spoofed eBay look-alike site, after which the credentials are logged for later use by the attackers. But these prolific phish may be a red-herring, diverting attention from the very real problem of legitimate, non-phished eBay hijackings. Even worse, these hijackings may be a result of security vulnerabilities in eBay and PayPal's own websites.
 
Killer Spam : Hitman Email Threatens Recipients      
Imagine opening your email inbox and reading a message from an alleged assassin - claiming you're the target. It sounds like something out of a horror movie, but it's been happening in real life to hundreds of people. The gist of the email - pay the hitman thousands of dollars, or die. The FBI reports receiving 115 separate complaints since the hitman spam was first spotted in early December 2006.
 
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