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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77973 United Kingdom 09/05/2006 03:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's more and some of em are absolutely hilarious, this is some of the funniest stuff i've ever seen... [link to www.ebolamonkeyman.com] |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77973 United Kingdom 09/05/2006 12:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to news.bbc.co.uk] Fraudsters are moving with the times, with many now using e-mail to cheat innocent web surfers of their hard-earned cash, according to a new study. Ninety-four percent of respondents to a National Consumers League survey said they had received unsolicited emails offering financial services or touting dubious money-making schemes. The NCL, the main US consumer lobby, warned that many of these offers could be fraudulent. "Consumers should be very suspicious of anyone who promises them easy money, incredibly cheap prices, or 'free' services that may have hidden costs," said Susan Grant, director of the NCL's Internet Fraud Watch programme. Beware the inbox The fastest-growing internet fraud is an online version of the notorious 'Nigerian money offer'. Reports of e-mailed Nigerian money scams - designed to obtain recipients' bank account details by offering to transfer large sums to them for safekeeping - rose by 900% between 2000 and 2001, the NCL said. Scams of this kind, which often emanate from Nigeria or other African countries, have been circulating for years through the post or by fax. Other frequent internet scams include bogus auctions, dubious work-at-home schemes, and phoney credit card offers. Hall of shame The top 10 internet frauds reported to the NCL last year were: Bogus online auctions, where the items purchased are never delivered. Deliberate misrepresentation or non-delivery of general merchandise purchased online. Nigerian money offers. Deliberate misrepresentation or non-delivery of computer equipment or software purchased online. Internet access scams, where bogus internet service providers fraudulently charge for services that were never ordered or received. Credit card or telephone charges for services that were never ordered or misrepresented as free. These often include charges for accessing 'adult' material. Work-at-home schemes promising wildly exaggerated sales and profits. Advance fee loans, where consumers are duped into paying upfront charges for loans which never materialise. Phoney offers of cheap-rate credit card deals, once again on payment of upfront fees. Business opportunities or franchises sold on the basis of exaggerated profit estimates. Law enforcement agencies have long warned that the rise of the internet has opened up fresh opportunities for fraudsters. Last year, the European Commission said that online shopping sites had contributed to a 50% rise in credit card fraud in the European Union during 2000. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 121514 United States 09/05/2006 12:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is actually a hobby now. [link to www.419eater.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77973 United Kingdom 09/05/2006 12:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 10 Essential Security Tips [link to security.yahoo.com] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You're probably familiar with much of the information in this guide. Nevertheless, reviewing these tips can only improve the way you protect your personal information online. Choose a long and memorable password. A password is like a toothbrush: choose a good one, don't share it with anyone, and change it at the first sign of problem. A password can be any length, and may contain spaces, symbols, or numbers. You should come up with something that's easy for you to remember but impossible for someone to figure out. Yahoo! will not ask for your password in an unsolicited email or phone call. If you receive such a request, assume it's a hoax and don't reply. Be suspicious. Anyone, anywhere in the world, can register for an ISP account, and Internet email protocols allow anyone to send a message that appears to be from any other person. Don't assume an email from "Mom" or "Uncle Dave" was actually sent from someone you know, and don't assume that an unsolicited message from [email protected] was really sent by that account. Scams abound. Scams are a popular way of getting your personal information. The most common scams are fake login pages and forged emails that ask for your password, credit card number, or other sensitive information. Ignore or report anything you see that strikes you as questionable or suspicious. Know your software. Malicious software (e.g., viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and spyware) often masquerades as legitimate and even useful software. Think carefully before installing or running new software, especially anything unsolicited. Use anti-virus software. This can detect many, but not all, forms of malicious software before they have a chance to affect your computer. Most notably, anti-virus software does not detect spyware. Keep your software up to date. You can prevent many problems by regularly checking for and installing updates for your operating system, browser, messaging software, and other programs. Clean up after using shared computers. If you share a computer, whether it's in a public or private setting, make sure to sign out when not using your account. You should also learn how to "clear the cache," if you use the computer to browse the Internet. Remember that using a shared computer is always riskier than using a computer to which you are the only person with access. Contact account-security. If you think your account has been compromised or someone else knows your account verification information, contact the Yahoo! account security team for assistance as soon as possible. Everyone has a role to play. By working together, understanding the risks and knowing how to protect ourselves, we can enjoy our online experience more and be less likely to run into trouble. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77973 United Kingdom 09/05/2006 01:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | THE DUMBEST CRIMINAL ON THE PLANET This was the first time we heard of a target getting money out of a LAD - three bucks! Passed on by a Kindly Contributor from the Philippines (we'll call him Big Daddy). In which the term 'meta-stupid' is seen for the first time on these pages. Featuring ESCOBER TONY SANKOH - scammer from Ghana (maybe) ([email protected]) versus BIG DADDY - anti-scammer. [link to www.scamorama.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77973 United Kingdom 09/05/2006 01:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | UK bank details sold in Nigeria [link to news.bbc.co.uk] Bank account details belonging to thousands of Britons are being sold in West Africa for less than £20 each, the BBC's Real Story programme has found. It discovered that fraudsters in Nigeria were able to find internet banking data stored on recycled PCs sent from the UK to Africa. The information can be found on a PC's hard disk, which is easy to access if the drive is not wiped before sending. Anti-fraud expert Owen Roberts said simply deleting files was not enough. It is surprising how easy it is to obtain documents people leave on their computers Owen Roberts, CPP Group Beating Nigeria's scammers Users should instead use a programme to wipe their hard drive before they sell or give away their PC, a process which over-writes what is already contained on the drive. Alternatively, people should remove their hard drives before they give away their computers, he said. 'Surprisingly easy' "It is surprising how easy it is to obtain documents people leave on their computers," said Mr Roberts, who is head of identity fraud at CPP Group. Real Story found that second-hand computers from all over the developed world could be found in virtually every PC market in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos. It said that while there was a genuine market for second-hand PCs in West Africa, identity fraud was a real problem. Many of the PCs it found on sale in Lagos had come from UK council recycling points. People are still being urged to give away their old PCs, but only after they have wiped the hard drive - not just to remove any bank details but also other personal information such as home addresses. The Information Commissioner's Office, the UK government's regulatory office dealing with data protection, said companies had a legal requirement to delete people's personal information from their computers when it was no longer needed. "It is essential that companies have appropriate procedures in place to ensure that personal records on computer hard drives are rendered unrecoverable when they dispose of computer equipment," said Assistant Commissioner Phil Jones. "Under the Data Protection Act companies have a duty to store personal information securely and delete it when it is no longer required." Real Story's investigation into the risk of identity theft from old PCs is broadcast on BBC 1 at 19:30 on Monday, 14 August. .............................................................................. I saw this actual documentry, the reporter visited people with all the information that he had got from their old pc hard drive in Africa and India. There was every type of personal details in the files he showed the victims, everything from bank accounts to pass words (both work and personal) just goes to show never hand over your hard drive to anyone, the pc expert said that the only way to make sure that no-one can access your deatils from your hard drive is to smash it to pieces with a hammer, even after reprogramming your pc all your original information is STILL contained on that drive, beware.... |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77973 United Kingdom 09/05/2006 05:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Really all this will not matter when pc's will be controlled by RFID chips, cause then your private information will easily accessed by a scammer standing in the street as you walk by with all your information encoded in a chip in your driving license, all he has to do is wait for you to get within reach to hack into your info. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77973 United Kingdom 09/05/2006 05:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | User ID: 139948, careful, big brother will want to access that information tucked away in your skull, these scumbags are setting us all up nicely for the big sting, fraud of all types will rocket way out of control when the new chips become the norm, you only have to look at the revoluntionary chip and pin credit card system, billed as unfallable, it's a hackers dream.... |
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