Tagged: Fraud

A spoof to stop a scam
An Office of Fair Trading website spoofs weight-loss product websites to beat scammers.

It's official: Valentine's Day is spam
What do you mean hearts and flowers? The most popular gift this Valentine's Day will be SPAM.

Could Noca become a threat to Paypal?
Noca's new payment system may offer merchants and shoppers a better deal but will it ever be able to take on companies like Paypal?

Social networking sites to crack down on cyberbullying
In accordance with the European Commission, major social networking sites have agreed to increase their safety precautions for children.

Digital prankster hacks celebrity Twitter accounts
Barack Obama, Britney Spears and Rich Sanchez are among 33 Twitter users who have had their accounts hijacked.

2009: The Year of the Intelligent Cyber Criminal
The New Year is on its way - but one party you definitely want to miss out on is your computer should predicted intelligent cyber crime strike out at you.

Bank turmoil fuels phishing boom
Governments and security experts have warned that phishing gangs are taking advantage of the global financial turmoil.

Apple fights with review quality
Apple has changed its policy to ensure that reviews of iPhone Applications can only be written by users who have purchased the application in question - making it harder for developers to negatively rate rival applications and manipulate star ratings

Phishers jump on the 2008 Olympic Games
It seems that computer hackers are taking advantage of the 2008 Olympic games to target Internet users through malicious and threatening emails.

Google Phishing: the fastest-growing con on the Internet
Online fraudsters are targeting Google AdWords users in an attempt to steal internet traffic and gain access to the banking details of businesses and individuals.