PayPal Phish – Ticket to Disaster

Wednesday, June-07-2006

If you've been on the Internet more than a month or two, you've likely by now received an email similar to the one below. The emails almost always predict some dire consequences and horrible fate to those who fail to comply immediately. Be advised - the dire consequences and horrible fate only await those who do reply to such emails. The email shown here is what is known as "a phish" or "phishing attack." While this one in particular is an attack on those having a PayPal account, phishing attacks have been conducted on virtually all well known financial institutions including
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Posted by mike.shafer on 06-07-2006 at 12:06 am
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Pa Lottery Phishing Scam

Saturday, March-11-2006

Warning regarding phishing scam from the PA Lottery web site. PENNSYLVANIA LOTTERY WARNS PLAYERS TO BE WARY OF A SCAM USING LOTTERY LOGOS MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - Recently, a number of consumers have received an e-mail titled "CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!," which fraudulently uses Pennsylvania Lottery logos. These e-mails, as well as other similar e-mails touting a lottery prize, are a scam according to the Pennsylvania Lottery's Security Office. The current fraud using the Pennsylvania Lottery name and logos is an attempt to access personal information, such as Social Security numbers or bank account information. The Pennsylvania Lottery does not notify winners via e-mail or
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Posted by mike.shafer on 03-11-2006 at 01:03 am
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Phretting over Phishing and Pharming :: Preventing Financial Fraud

Tuesday, January-24-2006

Same Goals - Different Methods With all the main stream news surrounding these recent additions to the language of the Internet online users are increasingly familiar with the term phishing but perhaps less so with it's close cousin pharming. Either way the essential thing to understand is all these scams, regardless of name, have a common theme. They are attempts by electronic criminals to gain financially at your expense. Electronic criminals in their phishing attempts have generally targeted large, well known institutions such as eBay, PayPal, Bank of America, and Washington Mutual. In response many such operations have implemented programs to combat the rising tide
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Posted by mike.shafer on 01-24-2006 at 01:01 am
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