I finally got one of those “I’m stuck in London” emails. My friend Kate’s Gmail account was hacked, and everyone on her contact list received an email from a hacker posing as Kate: “Hi, Apologies, but I made a quick trip, to London,United Kingdom and got mugged, my bag, stolen from me with my passport Read more…
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One thing I really like about the Spam-capella videos McAfee is posting are the visuals. They do a great job pointing out how ridiculous these tricks are. When I watch them I think, how does anyone fall for these scams in the first place? But that’s just it… criminals are good at what they do. Read more…
The Nigerian 419 Scam is a form of advance-fee fraud, a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance sums of money in the hope of realizing a significantly larger gain. “419″ refers to the article of the Nigerian Criminal Code that deals with fraud. Almost everyone has been targeted by this type Read more…
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