Hitman Email Threatens to Kill Recipients      
A scam/hoax first reported in December 2006. The 'hitman' email attempts to frighten victims into paying large sums of money to the email sender, who poses as an assassin. A copy of one such email follows. For more details on the scam, see "Killer Spam : Hitman Email Threatens Recipients".
 
Lottery Scam Meets AOL/Microsoft Hoax      
What do you get when you cross the old-time AOL/Microsoft email tracking hoax with a modern day email lottery scam?
 
How to Report a Phishing Scam      
Phishing is a scam in which the attacker sends an email purporting to be from a valid financial or ecommerce provider. The email tries to trick recipients into clicking a link which leads to a spoofed website that only looks like the real bank or ecommerce site. If the recipient enters their login details on the fake website, their credentials will be sent to the attackers. Using this method, attackers are often able to gain not only the login username and password, but quite often the victim also divulges their credit card and other sensitive financial and personal information.
 
Learn to detect phishing scams      
Reputable firms such as eBay and PayPal have been besieged by email scammers attempting to pilfer valuable credit card details from unsuspecting customers. These emails often are quite well-done and look very authentic. However, a seasoned eye can quickly ferret out the truth. Those less savvy may want to follow a simple bit of advice: never follow a link in email unless you absolutely trust the sender. If you'd like to move from unsavvy to seasoned, here's how to ferret out malformed link scams.
 
How to Stop Phishing Scams      
Supply and demand: This basic tenet of commerce is equally applicable to criminal activities. It goes hand in hand with the old adage "where there's a will, there's a way". In the case of phishing email, as long as people fall for the tricks, the tricks will keep on coming. And there's definitely a will to keep the gravy train flowing. Having the keys to your online kingdom gives the phisher the means to access your account(s), view your profile and glean other information that can be used for everything from credit card fraud to outright identity theft.
 
Chase Online Reward Survey      
Beginning early in 2006, online fraudsters mass-emailed scams targeting Chase Manhattan and JP Morgan customers. Dubbed 'phishing scams', such emails are designed to trick recipients into relinquishing personal financial details such as login credentials, mother's maiden name, and SSN. The Chase $20 Reward Survey phishing scams claim recipients will receive a $20 credit to their Chase or JP Morgan accounts in return for answering a few questions.
 
Amazon Phishing Scam      
Phishing scams are disguised as correspondence from valid financial or eCommerce providers. The email typically uses fear tactics in an effort to entice the intended victim into visiting a fraudulent website. Once on the website, which generally looks and feels much like the valid eCommerce/banking site, the victim is instructed to login to their account and enter sensitive financial information such as their bank PIN number, their Social Security number, mother's maiden name, etc.
 
IRS Tax Refund Phishing Scam      
A security flaw on a US government website has been exploited by a phishing scam claiming to be an IRS refund notification. The phishing email claims the recipient is eligible for a tax refund of $571.94. The email then tries to gain credibility by instructing recipients to copy/paste the url rather than clicking it. That's because the link actually does point to a page on a legitimate government website, http://www.govbenefits.gov. The problem is, the page being targeted on that site allows the phishers to 'bounce' the user to another site altogether.
 
MMORPG Trojans Abound      
Trojans used to create botnets have long been implicated in spam and credit card fraud rings. But online games, particulary MMORPGs (Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Games), are also a frequent target. Keylogging Trojans can be used to capture the login credentials for popular games and those accounts exploited for profit. Commonly, the attackers login to the stolen accounts and steal the in-game currency, rare items, and coveted equips, later auctioning them on IRC or eBay for real world money.
 
Nigerian 419 Advanced Fee Fraud      
Before the popularity of email, Nigerian 419 scams (aka Advanced Fee Fraud) were originally sent over fax machines and by snail mail. Today, email is the preferred method of these scammers and there are more Nigerian 419 Advanced Fee Fraud scams than ever before.
 
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