Archive for the ‘Scam Trend’ Category
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
In today's newspaper, there is a warning to us internet users who like to sit at cafes to get online, thinking that the free wi-fi access provided is convenient. Well, we are reminded to use the internet only if we are not accessing any critical websites, like banking or other ...
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Saturday, April 7th, 2012
A major scam operation was busted by Malaysian police - the masterminds are believed to be still at large, though. The people who manned the scam centre totalled more than 100 people, mainly from China and Taiwan, and also locals. Six bungalows, with monthly rental ranging from RM15,000 to RM20,000, ...
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Friday, February 24th, 2012
I read about a recent report by Symantec that loss from cyber crime now outweighs the global narcotics trade, with a million people falling victim everyday, from credit card theft to intellectual property theft, just to name a few. Connected we may be but no country can 100% safeguard their ...
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Personal information of thousands of patients and staff of the general hospital in Brighton in the United Kingdom were at risk of being exposed when hard drives were stolen from the hospital recently and sold on eBay. The hard drives, 232 drives stolen out of 1,000, were kept in a ...
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
CyberSecurity Malaysia has reported that cyber crimes reported to them this year has risen by 112% compared to the same period last year. Judging from the way people are adopting technology in their daily lives, CyberSecurity Malaysia reminded us to use the internet with caution and never share our passwords ...
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
This is a new phishing scam sent via email with the subject title, PayPal Urgent Account Review Notification. As with other phishing email that you receive, they should be deleted immediately.
Every time you receive an email from PayPal, eBay, IRS, your bank or other companies that handle your finances and ...
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Saturday, July 30th, 2011
A woman in the United States has reported that she discovered that her PayPal account has been hacked and the hacker has used it to access her bank account that was linked to the PayPal account, transferring USD300, USD300 and USD130 to another bank account.
The PayPal account has been flagged ...
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