News tagged with scammers
Why people fall victim to scams
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The psychological reasons consumers may fall victim to mass marketed scams are revealed today in groundbreaking research.
A few pennies for your thoughts -- and credit card
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- One economy apparently isn't hurting these days - the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet.
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Reports of Internet crime jump 33 percent
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Reports of Internet-based crime jumped 33 percent in 2008, according to a group that monitors web-based fraud.
Jackson's death unleashes barrage of online scams
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden ...
Ponzi scheme theme in 'Made Off' videogame
May 06, 2009 |
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Is there a bit of Bernie in you? Mobile phone users worldwide will soon be able to play Ponzi scheme scammers in a new videogame based on the financial ruin wreaked by jailed US fraudster Bernard Madoff.
Technology, sour economy breed, feed Internet scams
May 06, 2009 |
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Ute Schnetzinger thought the bride was demanding. Only later did the Richardson, Texas, florist learn she was bogus.
IBM security suite sniffs out scammers
May 25, 2006 |
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IBM has enhanced its analytical software to help banks, insurers and other commercial customers foil fraud and money-laundering schemes.
'Tis the season to be careful URI expert offers tips for shopping safely online
Dec 08, 2006 |
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Santa Claus is computer literate and Rudolph is unemployed since more and more people are clicking off their holiday lists online and getting them delivered overnight, often by people with brown uniforms instead ...
'Phishing' drops; are scammers switching tactics?
Aug 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information.
94 percent of spam-advertised online scams are hosted on individual Web servers
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 06, 2007 |
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Computer scientists from UC San Diego have found striking differences between the infrastructure used to distribute spam and the infrastructure used to host the online scams advertised in these unwanted email ...
Bing ads to warn of online scams
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Microsoft on Tuesday began serving up scam warnings with Bing search results for topics such as fixing credit scores or rescue from home foreclosure that are prime material for online cons.
Will dams on Amazon tributary wreak global havoc?
Apr 05, 2009 |
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The Xingu River, the largest tributary of the Amazon, runs wide and swift this time of year. Its turquoise waters are home to some 600 species of fish, including several not found anywhere else on the planet. A thick emerald ...
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