Tag Archive for: Scam

Hood warns of return of phishing scam – Mississippi Business Journal

JACKSON — A common scam has resurfaced in Northeast Mississippi, warns Attorney General Jim Hood. Consumers in that area have called the Attorney General’s Office and the Mississippi Public Service Commission about …
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Text message phishing scam hits area – Washington Times-Herald

WASHINGTON — The Daviess County Sheriff’s Department wants to warn the public about a text message phishing scam which has hit the area. The text message is circulating to local mobile phones and asking for personal …
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Beware: 2010 US Census form scam alert: List of 10 … – Examiner

WARNING! Census phishing scams are floating around. Here’s the Census Bureau’s official list of 10 questions. Beware of emails or forms asking for Social Security or bank account numbers, passwords and usernames. You cannot answer the 2010 Census …
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Firefox Warns of New Phishing Scam – Itproportal

The team behind the Firefox browser has warned users about a new kind of phishing attack. The new phishing attack replaces an inactive browser tab on the Firefox browser with a malicious phishing page designed to steal user names and passwords for e-mail and bank accounts from unsuspecting users …
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