28 July 2006
Tech 2 Blog :: PayPal, eBay victimized by Email Phishing :: July :: 2006
Users of PayPal and eBay are the main target of more than 75 percent of all email phising, revealed a recent research by information technology security firm Sophos. Phising emails point recipients to a bogus website which look like the real PayPal or the eBay site. By misdirecting the users to the forged website, the fraudsters steal usernames
15 July 2006
tBlog - The Top 10 Internet/Email Scams
1) The Nigerian scam, also known as 419 2) Advanced fees paid for a guaranteed loan or credit card 3) Lottery scams 4) Phishing emails and phony web pages 5) Items for sale overpayment scam 6) Employment search overpayment scam 7) Disaster relief scams 8) Travel scams 9) “Make Money Fast” chain emails
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