Phishing
Phising involves attempts to fraudulently
acquire sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card details, by
masquerading as a trustworthy person or business in an apparently official
electronic communication, such as an email or an
instant message.
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NOTE: many of
these phishing messages are from foreign sources, and contain numerous
grammatical and spelling errors that just would not exist from the
company supposedly sending the email - this should be a red flag to you
that the email is probably fraudulent. This is from a paypal
phishing email: "One of our Customer Service employees has already tryed to telephonically reach you. As our employee
did not manage to reach you, this email has been sent to your notice."
Phishing
Damage
The damage caused by phishing
ranges from loss of access to email to substantial financial
loss. This style of identity theft is becoming more popular,
because of the ease with which unsuspecting people often divulge
personal information to phishers, including credit card numbers and
social security numbers. |
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Once this information is acquired,
the phishers may use a person's details to create fake accounts
in a victim's name, ruin a victim's credit, or even prevent
victims from accessing their own accounts.
If You Suspect You Are A Victim Of Phishing Fraud Or
Identity Theft
If you suspect that someone has used your name, Social
Security number, or other personal information to get credit or a
loan - check your credit report.
Get your credit report and check for inquiries that you do not
recognize and any new accounts opened in your name. Because new
accounts may take up to six months to show up on the report,
continue to monitor your credit report. Get the
3-in-1
credit report
 and see your credit history as reported by
the three major credit reporting agencies -
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Many people erroneously believe that credit bureaus are
organizations supported by the federal government and are built upon
a foundation of laws created to protect creditors. Nothing could be
less true. While the government does recognize the need for fair
credit reporting, the credit bureaus have nothing to do with the
federal government. Credit bureaus are enormous for-profit companies
that make incredible amounts of money selling information about you,
information that they never even bothered to verify -
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Phishing
Through Voice Mail - 809 Area Code Scam
Phishing doesn't only come in the form of email fraud
scams - phishing can also be done through fraudulent voice mail
scams. We received a call last week from the 809 area
code. The woman said "Hey, this is Karen. Sorry I missed you - get
back to us quickly. I Have something important to tell you."
Then she repeated a phone number beginning with 809 -
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How NOT To
Get Hooked By A Phsihing Scam
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“We suspect an unauthorized transaction on
your account.
To ensure that your account is not compromised,
please click the link below and confirm your identity.”
“During our regular verification of
accounts, we couldn’t verify your information.
Please click here to update and verify your information.”
Have you received email with a
similar message?
It's a scam called
phishing - It involves Internet fraudsters who send spam or pop-up messages
to lure personal information (credit card numbers, bank account information,
Social Security number, passwords, or other sensitive information) from
unsuspecting victims.
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Phishing And Nigerian419 Fraud Scam
I have been a victim of a "419" or "Nigerian" scam.
The following people have been trying to get me to pay an upfront
fee before I receive my investment. They seemed legit and caused me
to spend thousands in attorney fees and hundreds of hours preparing
for this investment from overseas and now I have found out that the
phone number being used is not -
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You are to wire money to my
representatives in the galleria. Please use Western Union because I
have found out it is the fastest way to send and recieve money.
Please send it out via western union
in this manner and keep receipt for record purpose.
You would be sending the funds down
to my representative in Africa helping us see to the completion of
our new warehouses. ( OLA MOSS ) AND TUNDE LONG. THIS MEANS YOU
WOULD BE SENDING ABOUT $2000 TO HIM AS SOON AS YOU GET ALL PROCESSED
and then send $1450 to TUNDE LONG . MAY I REMIND YOU THAT I HAD MY
CLIENTS SEND OUT THAT CHECK BECAUSE THEY ARE AS GOOD AS READY CASH
IN THE UNITED STATES. The balance after removing your 10% will be
westernunion fees -
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Identity Theft
Identity theft, or identity fraud, is the deliberate
assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to
their finances or frame them for a crime. Less commonly, it is to
enable illegal immigration, terrorism, espionage, or changing identity
permanently. It may also be a means of blackmail, especially if
medical privacy or political privacy has been breached, and if
revealing the activities undertaken by the thief under the name of the
victim would have serious consequences like loss of job or marriage.
Precautions against identity theft -
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Identity Theft Alert - Fraud Proof Your Online
Business
I know a business that had their website hacked, their entire customer
database hijacked, and thousands of customer credit card numbers stolen at
the same time.
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In the following months, the hackers did their
best to steal as much as they could from this business through a
number of "phishing" scams and direct email campaigns to their
customers posing as the business.
After many months of heartache, expense, and lost sleep, this
company was able to clean up the mess and the hackers moved on
to greener pastures.
Whether you operate a multi-million dollar e-commerce empire, or
generate part-time income with a small eBay or ebook enterprise,
the following tips will help you fraud- proof your online
business before -
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