Scams
How To Avoid Email Scams
It bugs me to get email spam, but I really get upset when it’s more than just selling the latest in male enhancement products. I’m talking about the emails that try to fool you into thinking your bank account is on the verge of being closed or that someone has hacked into it. I just [...]
Phishing Made Easy, Way Too Easy
I found an article recently that explained how easy it is to create a phishing site. For those of you who are new to the term “phishing”, it’s the act of fooling someone into thinking you are someone you are not with the purpose of them giving you personal information such as credit card numbers, [...]
A Phishing Attempt On Capital One
This is a phish scam if I’ve heard one: Customer ID : 0000-122235432-65AGUEW14386-PSITA This e-mail is to inform you that your account will be suspended within 48 hours due to your Account Inactivity. You will have to confirm certain Account Information in order to continue your account subscription. Click the link below to verify your [...]
A New Wave Phishing Scams Is On The Rise
I just can’t see why some people are into scamming others. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been receiving emails warning me that there has been some “unauthorized activity” on my Bank of America account. The message reads as follows: Your Online Banking is Blocked Because of unusual number of invalid login attempts on [...]
These Guys Aren’t Even Trying Hard To Fool People
These PayPal phishing emails are becoming more and more popular it seems, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the people behind them are getting any smarter. This last message I received was still dripping with urgency, but they must have missed the class that explained how to hide the true destination of a link. Check it [...]
Phishing With PayPal
Another phishing email arrived in my inbox today. This time it was from PayPal. The clues: They didn’t use my name. If it were really PayPal, they’d use it. They used an email address of mine — true enough — but I don’t use it with my PayPal account. My email address wasn’t shown in [...]
Getting To Know The Enemy
Earlier this week I posted about a phishing scam — an email designed to cause you alarm and to take action by downloading an attachment. It sounded official, and, to the unsuspecting eye, could really get your attention. I have another one to show you. My decision to include this is to serve as another [...]