items tagged with Scams
Domain name auction house admits internal bidding corruption
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-11-04 23:11:34
Domain name broker SnapNames.com has always had its measure of detractors complaining the company permitted dubious practices. One grievance is now proven true with SnapNames admitting a staff member was bidding on domain name auctions, winning some for personal gain and inflating the price of others.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-11-04 23:11:34
Domain name broker SnapNames.com has always had its measure of detractors complaining the company permitted dubious practices. One grievance is now proven true with SnapNames admitting a staff member was bidding on domain name auctions, winning some for personal gain and inflating the price of others.
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Cybercrims’ scare tactics to force rogue software buys
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-19 19:35:04
Cybercriminals are employing increasingly persuasive online scare tactics to convince users to purchase rogue security software, or “scareware” software that pretends to be legitimate security software.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-19 19:35:04
Cybercriminals are employing increasingly persuasive online scare tactics to convince users to purchase rogue security software, or “scareware” software that pretends to be legitimate security software.
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Identity theft, crime rife in Australia
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-01 02:06:19
Credit card theft, unauthorised bank account access and identity theft are rife in Australia with more than one in five Australians aged 16-years or over now reporting that someone has stolen their identity, illegally accessed, or tried to access their bank accounts, stolen or skimmed their credit cards or tried to steal their bank account pin.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-01 02:06:19
Credit card theft, unauthorised bank account access and identity theft are rife in Australia with more than one in five Australians aged 16-years or over now reporting that someone has stolen their identity, illegally accessed, or tried to access their bank accounts, stolen or skimmed their credit cards or tried to steal their bank account pin.
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ACCC to lead global Internet 'sweep' to round up scammers
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-22 20:30:28
The ACCC is to lead the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network's (IPCEN) annual sweep of the Internet to uncover and disrupt fraudulent website.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-09-22 20:30:28
The ACCC is to lead the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network's (IPCEN) annual sweep of the Internet to uncover and disrupt fraudulent website.
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Online crims go phishing for Australian tax refunds
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Phishing
2009-08-24 04:50:59
Cyber criminals have been tricking Australian taxpayers into revealing highly sensitive, personal information – essentially stealing their identities – to get hold of their tax refunds in a new phishing scam targeting the Australian Tax Office.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Phishing
2009-08-24 04:50:59
Cyber criminals have been tricking Australian taxpayers into revealing highly sensitive, personal information – essentially stealing their identities – to get hold of their tax refunds in a new phishing scam targeting the Australian Tax Office.
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Spammers exploit Michael Jackson death
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-07-13 06:27:02
Spammers and malicious code authors have created and launched several new spam and malware campaigns using the death of Michael Jackson as a cover for their infected emails.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-07-13 06:27:02
Spammers and malicious code authors have created and launched several new spam and malware campaigns using the death of Michael Jackson as a cover for their infected emails.
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New technique used in ATO phishing attacks
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-13 04:37:21
Spammers have employed a new technique in their phishing attacks on the Australian Taxation Office website in an attempt to snatch tax refund details from users of the site doing their tax return online.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-13 04:37:21
Spammers have employed a new technique in their phishing attacks on the Australian Taxation Office website in an attempt to snatch tax refund details from users of the site doing their tax return online.
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Tweet, tweet, beware the fraudulent scam on Twitter!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-03-25 07:41:14
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-03-25 07:41:14
A flood of spam has infiltrated the Twitter microblogging community, with new Twitter scams ‘popping up right left and centre’ according to F-Secure, which says it discovered a fake Twitter account that tricks users into a Google scam by promising a free Range Rover.
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Fraud Week targets online and real-world scammers
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-03-02 01:08:32
This is National Consumer Fraud Week - an inter-governmental effort intended to alert people to the activities of scammers.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-03-02 01:08:32
This is National Consumer Fraud Week - an inter-governmental effort intended to alert people to the activities of scammers.
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NSW Government job website hacked
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-01-27 09:32:34
The NSW Government has confirmed that a spammed scam job e-mail was actually sent to registered job seekers, with e-mail addresses stolen from their web site.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-01-27 09:32:34
The NSW Government has confirmed that a spammed scam job e-mail was actually sent to registered job seekers, with e-mail addresses stolen from their web site.
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iUnlock-iPhone.com releases latest iPhone 3G unlock scam
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-11-15 01:52:47
Ripoff merchants iUnlock-iPhone have put out a press release celebrating “groundbreaking 3G capabilities” and raising hopes of a true iPhone 3G unlock, but a quick perusal of its press release and website shows it’s all just a scam to pilfer US $24.95 out of your pocket and steer you away from the iPhone Dev Team’s free software.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-11-15 01:52:47
Ripoff merchants iUnlock-iPhone have put out a press release celebrating “groundbreaking 3G capabilities” and raising hopes of a true iPhone 3G unlock, but a quick perusal of its press release and website shows it’s all just a scam to pilfer US $24.95 out of your pocket and steer you away from the iPhone Dev Team’s free software.
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Bigfoot found on the Internet
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-08-16 09:39:52
The hunt for Bigfoot is over, say the two chaps claiming to have the corpse in their freezer - and the merchandising on their website...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-08-16 09:39:52
The hunt for Bigfoot is over, say the two chaps claiming to have the corpse in their freezer - and the merchandising on their website...
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SEEK's name taken in vain
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-08-06 23:11:03
The subject line read "SEEK Newsletter". It offered part-time employment and it could have passed for an email from the well known jobs web site of that name. But...
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-08-06 23:11:03
The subject line read "SEEK Newsletter". It offered part-time employment and it could have passed for an email from the well known jobs web site of that name. But...
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