As the holiday shopping season revs up, an increasing number of cybercriminals are trying to lure online shoppers into divulging sensitive information on bogus forms, or into clicking on viral Web links or videos that will infect your PC with a …
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How to use Jonathan’s card to buy yourself an iPad — Jonathan Stark recently released his Starbucks card to the public as a social experiment. It was quickly picked up by CNN, Time, and many others. For those of you who are living under a rock, here’s what is going on …
What is phishing ? Email phishing is a scheme in which identity thieves send thousands of bogus emails. The idea behind this scam is to make the email recipient think that the email message is coming from a trusted institution where they may have an active …
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Q: I all of a sudden started receiving emails from a loan-advance company, the past two or so months, in my spam folder. A few of them said things like we need more information to complete your application. I keep unsubscribing, and I put a fraud alert for …
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