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Nigerians held in India over 'phishing' scam: police

Six Nigerian nationals have been arrested in the Indian city of Mumbai on suspicion of defrauding hundreds of people through text message and spam email scams, police said.

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created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

NYTimes offers discounts in mistaken email gaffe

(AP) -- In today's digital age, it's easy to send out an email by mistake - even for a company that's in the business of communication.

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created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

I'm out of the office, so please read this spam

(AP) -- If you're prone to mistyping email addresses, here's a new thing to worry about: you could be a target for spammers trying to sell you a dream vacation or a diet product by pretending to be one of your friends or ...

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created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft riled by charge Bing is a copy cat

A spat between Internet titans heated up with Microsoft angrily denying that Bing copies Google's search results and the world's top online search engine adamant it has proof. ...

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created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Experts say spam e-mail grows because it works

It was Ben Franklin who made the famous comment about death and taxes being the only things certain in life.

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created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

S.Korea halves ceiling on text messages to fight spam

South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said.

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter launches tool for nailing spammers

Twitter added a tool that lets users flag accounts of spammers at the globally-popular microblogging service.

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created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Accused spam scammer pleads guilty in Detroit

(AP) -- A Michigan man described as one of the world's most prolific senders of spam e-mail has pleaded guilty to charges accusing him of defrauding people by manipulating Chinese stock prices.

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created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As Web communication shrinks, so do links

(AP) -- On the short-messaging service Twitter, space is at a premium: You've got 140 characters to make your point, and you probably don't want to waste half of it on a super-sized link to your latest YouTube obsession.

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created May 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0