News tagged with phishing scam

Facebook fights 'phishing' scam

Facebook Thursday said it has blocked a link at the heart of a "phishing" scam being used to dupe members into revealing passwords to accounts at the social networking website.

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created May 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Hackers aim ruse at Apple computer users

Hackers are out to trick Apple computer users into infecting Macintosh machines with malicious code pretending to be legitimate security software.

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created May 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Twitter resets accounts of scam targets

Twitter on Tuesday blocked the accounts of users who evidently fell prey to a "phishing" scam that stole their log-in information.

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created Feb 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New phish twist directs Craigslist users to fake eBay site

A new phishing scam is using the classified advertising Web site Craigslist to lure potential buyers to a fake version of the online auction site eBay.

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created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Official-looking e-mails claiming to be from IRS are fraudulent

Schemers claiming to be Uncle Sam are filling e-mail boxes in Contra Costa County, Calif., and across the country with messages asking for people's personal information.

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created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0