Yesterday I received a suspicious e-mail informing me that I had a billing problem with my iTunes Store account, a sign that Internet-based scammers again are targeting Apple customers. The goal, of course, is to trick the recipient into

SBA issues warning about stimulus scam - Birmingham Business Journal
The federal agency said fraudulent letters, printed on what appears to be an SBA letterhead, were sent to small businesses across the country. The letters tell recipients they may be eligible for a tax rebate under the Economic Stimulus Act and that

Four in 10 phishing scams end up in Blighty’s inbox - Silicon.com
The UK suffered the greatest number of phishing attacks globally last year as criminals used UK banks as bait for unwary consumers. A total of 135,426 phishing attacks were detected across the world in 2008, 40 per cent of which were aimed at the UK

Capitol One phishing warning looks, well, fishy - Beta News
An attempt by credit-card issuer Capital One to alert customers to ongoing phishing attempts may be causing more FUD than it’s curing, according to an observer posting to the RISKS discussion list. The latest issue of the RISKS Digest includes a wry

Phishing scam alert issued by DeKalb Police - Daily Chronicle
DeKalb Police issued an alert Thursday about a telephone scam that uses a practice known as phishing using false pretenses to persuade people to disclose personal information. In this scam, perpetrators have sent a text message to a potential

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