All I could think about when I read this article was ‘ouch’.  If it was $7m, I probably wouldn’t have thought too much about it (yeah I know, that sounds horrible), but $7b… not only is that a major financial dent, but think about how that will damage this bank’s reputation.  Heck, if I knew […]

It’s sad, but inevitable.  Just like with Hurricane Katrina and other large-scale disasters, scammers are taking advantage of the kind-hearted people who just want to help the cause.  The most recent one has to do with the California wildfires.  Malware has been developed to ask people to donate to the cause, when it fact they […]

This is one of the new additions to the Storm Botnet. As one method of propagation, it will send you an email stating that there is a scandalous video about you on YouTube. If you click on a link, you will be directed to a fraudulent YouTube where malware will then be remotely […]

You just can’t help but to feel sorry for people like Chandra Bajpai. His bank account has been the subject of two successful phishing scams in the past two months. Having to deal with this scenario two times in such a short time frame would probably have devastating results on one’s opinions and […]

Many would probably understand why more and more fraudsters are making their ways through social networks: they have access to an enormous pool of targets and those targets are completely ambiguous of their malicious intent. After all, social networks are for meeting new people and, well, networking. The one thing that still amazes me though […]

Well, not the Better Business Bureau in itself, but the fact that people are taking advantage of the trust behind it and using it to make scams. The scam is all about delivering a virus via email. You will receive an email supposedly from the BBB asking you to file a complaint, but […]

Obviously, when it comes to March Madness, a lot of people will think ‘gambling’. People love to bet on the 64 team tournament and hope to make the big score. Well, in occasions like these, scam artists love to enter the ballgame. For any of you who plan on getting involved in […]

Just because it is a day of love doesn’t mean that it can’t be a day of deception either. Spammers and identity thieves are taking advantage of the upcoming holiday to send deceptive emails regarding free Valentines-related things (chocolate, flowers, etc.). The only love you’ll be getting from these emails is some malware […]

Ahh… and you wonder where your tax dollars go. For the unfortunate citizens of Michigan, their tax dollars were assisting Nigerian Fraud Scams, thanks to the former treasurer of Alcona County. Talk about irony… people state that they hate spam with a passion, yet the people of Michigan are providing the spammers with fundingv(without […]

If you are unfamiliar with this whole incident, it was pretty depressing to hear about. With all of the flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, lots of people started to set up their own Katrina funds to help pay for the damages. Some of these funds were legitimate, others weren’t. Lawanda […]