E-mails attempting to trick customers out of their bank account details could be a Russian version of the 419 email scam, according to a security expert.
Fraudsters have launched an online scam designed to steal bank account information from unwitting Internet users, after promising them US$200 in a fake email.
A security company claims to have uncovered an online exchange for credit-card data that has been obtained by fraudulent means most likely phishing.
Phishers have added a new lure to their tackle boxes: e-mails that ask people to fax sensitive information to bogus security investigators.
MasterCard International today said it had acted to shut down 13 fraudulent financial Web sites based in Australia under an 11-month campaign that saw around 1,400 terminated globally.
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A coalition aiming to junk e-mail unites behind a US law but stumbles over a technology solution.
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Individuals have been warned about the threat of identity theft for years. Now it's the turn of businesses.
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