Our intelligence center researchers recently uncovered a fraud “package” being sold in underground forums that uses a remote access Trojan to steal credit card information from a hotel point of sale (PoS) application. Link to article
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Airline Free Tickets and Vouchers
In a down economy with rising gas prices, many can’t afford to take vacations that involve air travel. For that reason, many residents of the United States were pleasantly surprised when they received a letter from US Airlines offering two free flights worth almost $1300. Link to article
Computer is Locked
Most of us use our computers every day, whether for work, to socialize or to get our daily dose of news from around the world. Yet with increased computer use there is the increased risk of being scammed by computer hackers. Link to article
One Direction ticket scam
Fans of the boy band One Direction, or 1D as they’re known, have been warned to be vigilent as several fake ticketing websites have appeared, attempting to sell fraudulent gig tickets. Link to article
Britons fall victim to £250 million villa fiasco
Up to 3,000 Britons have poured up to £250 million of their savings into a controversial Caribbean property scheme which is facing the threat of legal action. Link to article
Police dismantle ransomware cybercriminal network
Spanish Police, working closely with the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol, have dismantled the largest and most complex cybercrime network dedicated to spreading police ransomware. It is estimated that the criminals affected tens of thousands of computers worldwide, bringing in profits in excess of one million euros per year. Link to article
Google warns of rising account break-ins
Google is warning of an increase in sophisticated attempts to hijack legitimate user accounts and use them in email scams. Link to article
Fraudsters Jailed For £2.7m Retailers Scam
An “audacious” gang who scammed well-known retailers out of millions of pounds of goods have been jailed. Link to article
Paypal scam
from: service@paypal.co.uk Subject: Errors Were Detected On Your Account (fix now) Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:04:16 -0500 Reply-To: Dear Valued Customer, PayPal security team is sending you this notification message because we seem to be having errors in the proper verification of your account. This might be due to one of the following reasons: […]
Phishing – the simple scam that will never die
These phishing scams are as old as the internet, yet people still fall for them every day. Link to article
Top ten tips to help prevent staff fraud
UK businesses have never been more susceptible to insider fraud as highlighted by the latest CIFAS Staff Fraud Database. This has revealed a 43% overall increase in the number of staff frauds recorded in 2012 when compared with the previous year. Link to article
Airline Ticket Scam
“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. There are NO free rides in life. You’ll want to remember that if you get a letter in the mail claiming you’ve “qualified for an award of 2 roundtrip airline tickets”. Link to article
Thousands duped in UAE airline scam
Thousands of people have been duped by several social media scams offering free flights with Emirates and Etihad Airways. Link to article
Top 10 travel scams to watch out for
Travel is one of life’s great pleasures, so it is little wonder travelers are more interested in researching which sites to see and which restaurants to visit than finding out what scams they have to watch out for. Link to article
Fraud committed by employees rockets by 40%
Fraud committed by employees rose by 43% in 2012 compared with the previous year, according to analysis by the UK’s fraud prevention service, CIFAS. Link to article
Airline ticket fraud: Receive two free airline tickets
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
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