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British police arrests a man in a HMRC fraud
Written on 4 Sep, 2009 at 20:24 in Internet Fraud | viewed times | View Comments
UK police investigating a complex online fraud which scammed more than a million pounds from taxpayers have arrested a man in London. In June HMRC discovered "an e-crime attack" on its self-assessment system. The attack was part of a... (Continue reading)
A woman was scammed of $4,000 by a Facebook friend
Written on 4 Sep, 2009 at 20:22 in Internet Fraud | viewed times | View Comments
Police said on Wednesday that a Missouri woman was tricked into wiring about $4,000 to someone in England after receiving faked messages from a friend on Facebook asking for help. According to Sgt. Jason Selzer, Jayne Scherrman of Cape... (Continue reading)
Adobe add-on to Firefox turns out spyware
Written on 2 Sep, 2009 at 20:19 in Malware | viewed times | View Comments
A new malware was developed to attack Firefox users so as to steal the information about their searching habits and then inject ads into the user’s Google search results pages. The malicious code poses itself as an Adobe Flash... (Continue reading)
Armenia shuts down WebMoney for illegal gambling
Written on 1 Sep, 2009 at 20:16 in Internet Fraud | viewed times | View Comments
State investigators in Armenia reported that they detected underground casinos that acted under the guise of internet clubs. According to the official sources owners of the clubs were at the same time representatives and providers of electronic payment system... (Continue reading)
VeriSign announces 3 month free identity protection for organizations
VeriSign, Inc. launches a free trial of its VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Authentication Service for three months to organizations looking to protect their business-to-business portals and customer-facing Web sites. According to the official statement the trial is fully operational... (Continue reading)