Showing posts with label online scams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label online scams. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Scammers’ new technique to spread malware to your computer

Malware Spread Computers
If you miss a main post delivery, you know or your mail man will let you know. But will they send you an email? Absolutely no. Scammers expect you think that’s a choice if a package cannot be delivered. But Angie Barnett with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Greater Maryland told that the U.S. Postal Service is just like the IRS or any other U.S. agency and they will not send you an email.

But scammers are still giving that approach a try, sending out e-mail with a fake Postal Service address maintaining a package is waiting for you out of date. Their mail comes with a threat, and they're going to charge us up to $20 a day for every day we don't pick it up.

The scammers hope to panic you into clicking links that come attached to the email message. But if you click, experts say the links will actually release malware into your computer. Barnett says that malware is embattled to expose your financial account information. 

The Postal examine makes it clear this effort is a scams and you can see for physically by looking at their website. But if you need additional evidence about these alleged bogus messages, hover over the link that comes attached and when you hover, you will clearly see the link is not going to take you to the Postal Service page. In this position, experts say it’s best to put the message so you don’t get duped. Keep in mind; that the Postal Service maintains a .gov website and scammers emails will come from a .com address.

Monday, February 27, 2012

FCC urges Internet service providers (ISP’s) to protect web


The head of the Federal Communications Commission Julius Genachowski said to Internet Service providers to work hard to prevent data theft, website hack from scammers. He told that 8.4 million credit card numbers are stolen through internet. Policymakers are ready to prevent security and if consumers lose trust in the Internet, the online transaction and communication will affect. He argued the network owners to prevent the hijacking of computer and it prevents 2010 incident where 15 percent of Internet traffic was diverted via china servers for 18 minutes.

He told to the Internet providers to prevent a system called DNSSEC to ensure that if a user, for instance the address of the bank correctly redirects in to their original site or fraudulent site designed for stealing passwords. The Internet security experts pleased to the Internet service providers for clean up user’s machines informing when they get affected by bonnets’.  The Dmitri Alperovitch, president of Asymmetric Cyber Operations told that he was ready to clear botnets, but FCC should stop major threats called state-supported cyber espionage, blamed on china.