Receiving two free tickets from Southwest Airlines for simply following an online link sounds too good to be true. A “phishing” scam promising two free airline tickets has made its way back to Facebook. Link to article
Month: January 2013
Employee fraud: Nobody will find out
The most common words used by rogue traders and fraudsters when emailing about their plans at work have been revealed by investigators working with the FBI. Link to article
Airline fraud worker
An airline worker has been fined £1,000 for attempting to smuggle cigarettes into the UK through Manchester Airport. David Martin Cooke (51) of Shipham Close, Leigh was arrested on December 8, 2012 by Border Force officers when he attempted to pass through the Customs Green Channel at Manchester Airport with 1,320 duty-free cigarettes, plus other […]
Call centre fraud
Three persons, including two call centre directors, have been charge-sheeted by the Delhi Police for allegedly cheating UK citizens online. Link to article
Small firms prove to be weak link to hackers
They may not think they have any data worth stealing but even the smallest company can be custodian to information that represents hard cash to criminal gangs: credit card details, customers’ names and addresses, or the designs vital to an innovative start-up – all have a ready criminal market. Link to article
How hackers exploit ‘the seven deadly sins’
The phenomenon of “social engineering” is behind the vast majority of successful hacking. This isn’t the hi-tech wizardry of Hollywood but is a good, old-fashioned confidence trick. Link to article
Email scams
Dear Beneficiary, Let me first introduce my self well to you, I am Rev.Dr.Kelvin Branco Director of security personnel’s with the World-Wide Organization in conjunction with the United Nation , International Monitory Fund , European Union ,World Banking Association e.t.c. overseeing the bounded security vault were consignments (FUNDS) are packed and kept for onward release […]
Airlines warn customers to beware of email scams
We have a theory that the day after someone first thought up using email to scam consumers, the first airline phishing email went out. Phishing, of course, is giving the appearance that an email, with its wonderful offers, came from a legitimate company offering amazing travel deals or free tickets or whatever. In fact, the […]
Payment Protection Insurance scam warning
Police in Crewe are warning residents about a Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) scam after a local man was conned out of £500. The scam mirrors a national problem, and this is one of several to have been reported across Cheshire. Link to article
Suspended jail term for call centre worker
A man who used to work at the HSBC Bank contact centre in Swatar was yesterday given a suspended jail term after he admitted to stealing €27,000 from a customer account. Carl Vella, 28, from Mosta, who is now works as a computer salesman,used the company’s software to illegally take money from a customer’s account. […]
Top 10 Online Scams
Top 10 Online Scams – Online scamming has these days have become more then simple crimes these days. Criminals see them as a business more than a crime committed by them. 2012 saw a tremendous increase in the scams carried by the criminals, not only the scams got increased but they also got sophisticated too. […]
UK struggling to cope with rising online fraud
Online fraud is “exponentially” rising in the UK, according to the City of London Police. Commissioner Adrian Leppard revealed that around half of the £70 billion (around $114 billion) lost to fraud in the UK each year was through online scams. Retailers have also been hit hard, with online fraud increasing 30 percent in the […]
Beware Of Airline Scams
In anticipation of the holiday season and the immense amount of travel that takes place, airlines have been warning their customers to keep an eye out for fraudulent emails that appear to be from them. Cybercriminals are using this heavy travel season as yet another opportunity to infect the public with dangerous viruses. Link to […]
Why smart people fall for scams
Many victims, particularly those of investment fraud, are educated, wealthy, and financially literate. Find out why even smart people fall for dumb traps and how you can avoid being an easy target. Link to article
You’re only as good as your last prevention
The industry analogy is that fraud is like a balloon, you squeeze the fraudsters in one area and they pop out somewhere else. Link to article