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Fake PayPal Payment Notifications Direct to Security Exploits and Malware

By Hazel Chua | May 8, 2012 @ 12:04 pm
PayPal Email Scam

You might thank your lucky stars if you check your email one day and see that you've received one (or several) PayPal payment notifications. Or you might just be puzzled and wonder why you've gotten payments from people you don't really know.

Either way, you'll probably end up clicking on the links in the email to cash out or get to the bottom of the payments--and that's when the trouble begins.

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Facebook Scam: ‘I Just Got My Hillbilly Name!’ App Will Spam Everyone in Your Network

By Hazel Chua | May 1, 2012 @ 11:12 pm
Facebook Hillbilly Name

The reason why cybercriminals target Facebook users for their scams is simple: the social network has close to a billion users who log on and interact on the site every month. The probability of more people actually falling for their scams goes up if they have a larger pool of prospective targets to work with.

These scams range from slightly amusing to absolutely ridiculous, like the "Do You Remember This Photo?" scam (read about it here) and the non-existent video of a fake rollercoaster accident in California (read about it here).

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Twitter Spam Campaign Pushing Links to Fake Antivirus Software

By Hazel Chua | April 23, 2012 @ 3:22 pm
Twitter Spam Campaign

Cybercriminals are pretty clever at disguising their scams and spam campaigns with cloaked links. Once clicked, the malicious code runs and one or more of several things happens next: your account gets hijacked, your personal information gets stolen, or your device gets infected with the virus.

The latest scam on the block is a Twitter spam campaign that's advertising a fake antivirus program. This was discovered by Kaspersky, who reported that 540 compromised Twitter accounts had sent out 4,148 tweets that linked to 44 unique domains.

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Spam Alert: Malware-Serving DHL Tracking Emails Currently Making the Rounds

By Hazel Chua | March 26, 2012 @ 1:11 pm
DHL Spam Notification Email

It pays to be weary when it comes to the Internet. It would also pay to remember these three general truths:

  • If it's too good to be true, then it usually is.
  • If you don't know what it is, then don't click the link or download any unknown email attachments.
  • If you're not sure what do, then don't do anything.

A lot of Internet experts say that it's better to be safe than sorry, and I agree. A lot of spammers and scammers rely on the natural curiosity of people to ensure the success of their scam campaigns. One such scam that's currently making the rounds around email inboxes of users from all over the world is the DHL Tracking Notification Email scam.

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