BB&T Warns of "Phishing" Scam
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By Rick Rothacker, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 19--BB&T Corp. on Tuesday warned customers not to respond to a bogus e-mail asking them to "renew" their online banking account.
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'Alarming' rise in vishing Fraudsters are turning to VoIP systems to craft more convincing phishing attacks. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3) warned last week of an "alarming" rise in the volume of so-called vishing attacks targeting US financial institutions and consumers.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - AT&T confirmed Tuesday that its online store had been hacked and the credit card information and personal data of up to 19,000 customers possibly compromised. The hacking occurred during the weekend, although AT&T did not say when, resulting in the temporary closure of its online store. The company said it was notifying "fewer than 19,000 customers" about the intrusion, and that it would pay for credit monitoring services to protect both the affected users and further its investigation of the incident. AT&T is still reeling from the investigation of a different kind of privacy infringement -- that of its involvement in assisting the U.S. National Security Agency toÂ monitor the communications of American citizensÂ without a warrant.
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New features designed to alert users if the site they are visiting is legitimate or a phishing site.
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(Source: MessageLabs) The "pump 'n' dump" stock scam has been around a long time. Learn how Internet criminals are perfecting it. Plus, see how one particular scam originated from a simple e-card, and how it played out for thousands either with or without the superior protection of the MessageLabs Web Security Services solution.
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US consumers and businesses have lost an estimated $US500 million ($688 million) to the internet scam known as &quot;phishing&quot;, with seven out of 10 lured to fake websites, according to a survey.
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That email from your bank may be more than a friendly enquiry. It could be the hook of a Phisher, the new breed of Internet fraudster intent on stealing money by tricking customers into divulging online account details.
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Hi-tech fraudsters have developed a new way of tricking customers who go online to do their banking, analysts warned yesterday. A &quot;Trojan horse&quot; programme insinuates itself into a user&#39;s computer via an email
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New service helps companies thwart online scams.
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Don't believe everything you hear: That's message from security researchers tracking a spam scam that uses audio files to push an ongoing pump-and-dump stock scheme.
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Wiltshire Police warns about "phishing" after its fraud squad chief was targeted.
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With phishing attacks skyrocketing, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a consumer alert detailing ways Web surfers can avoid being fleeced by online scammers.
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By Linda S. Morris, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Feb. 16--A new e-mail scam using the Better Business Bureau's name tries to lure businesses and consumers to access a potentially damaging computer virus.
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By Annys Shin  The Better Business Bureau network was the target of a "spoofing" scam last week in which thousands of businesses in the United States and Canada received e-mails encouraging them to download what is thought to be a computer virus.
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A phishing scam has been detected that doesn&#39;t require users to click on a link in order to jeopardise their personal data. Simply opening the email may be enough, according to Messagelabs.
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By Patricia Sabatini, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Jun. 8--Next time you find one of those electronic greeting cards in your  inbox from Hallmark, examine it carefully. Instead of offering good wishes, it  could be a phishing scam designed to steal your money, credit card numbers or  identity.
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The FDIC on Friday issued an alert about an increasingly common e-mail scam designed to steal personal information and money from millions of unwary consumers.