Technology in fraudster hands

Now in the modern world Cyber crime is the biggest fraud. The fraudster turns the technology to cheat others. They cheat others by phishing others data, siphon money and disrupt business. The FBI told that in 2011 they received 300,000 cybercrime complaints a month

In those grievances most of them are theft of consumer’s identities or personal information. As internet users share their personal data’s on social media and other sites, the scammers easily hacked their accounts. The methods used in cyber crimes include stealing personal data from all sources of internet interaction, crowdturfing and malware attacks.

Malware attacks mainly focus on business disruption and hacking, in general affecting small businesses. Today’s the Crowdturfing is the best method for the social media fraudster. Whaling is the collecting of one’s data and sell to other fraudsters for fraudulent scams.


The best ways to protect yourself in the internet world includes keeping your birth date private, securing passwords and using different passwords for every account. Activate privacy settings in social media networks to keep your information safely and avoid downloading mobile and Facebook apps that are not found in the official app store on your device. The important note is secure private browsing. Most of the web browser has a function which prevents cookies from being permanently saved on your computer’s hard drive. Internet Explorer (IE) gives “In Private browsing”, while Firefox has “Private Browsing mode” and Google Chrome sports “Incognito mode” for secure browsing. While giving your personal or sensitive information on any site check that site it has a website security certificate and check either URL begins with “https” or not.

Is Facebook the Heaven for Scam?

Social networking is a platform to make friends, express your views and share information. But soon after the launch of social sites such as Facebook, it has become the hot destination for criminals and scammers. Though they are the fastest sources of communication, they do have a serious problem with spam.

If you are a Facebook account holder, then you might be fully aware of the odd emails you get in your inbox stating, “OMG, you are on candid camera” and then sending you a link to check it out. If you receive occasional comments with links on them, it is definitely a spam feeder. Beware that fake accounts are after your online friendship and there are worst dangers and online crime trends behind it.

Pictured below is one of the scam with the content that the guy should be stoned to death for doing this to a girl. When you see a man pulling on a woman’s hair, you will obviously be intended to have a look at it. Clicking on the link will land you to the page with a video player. If you click on it, nothing will happen and you will only end up creating a feed story which your friends might see.

Another common is the phishing scam in which the hacker hacks the user’s account and utilizes it to post links on the particular user’s friend’s walls. In such a case, the system will automatically send messages reporting, “Check out this funny video of you!”. On clicking the link, you will be redirected to a fake facebook login page.

How to avoid?

• To avoid such scams, Facebook offers a spam resource counter on the security page of the site.
• Delete the emails you received from unknown people without opening them.
• Do not click on unknown links.
• If you receive a friend request, check out their recent activity. If they have added excessive amount of friends recently, then there is a good chance of being a scam.

Arizona authorities warning seniors about scam

Arizona authorities are warning about scam in which thief’s pretense as grandchildren over the phone and ask for bail money.

The most recent scam was happened on Oct 18. A 75-year-old Cottonwood man got a call from a woman who recognized herself by name as his granddaughter and told him she had been under arrest in Canada and that she needed bail money. After, somebody who said they were a police sergeant called and told the man to give $5,600 in bail money to contact in Florida where the man followed the instructions but later found out his granddaughter never had been arrested and was safe at her home in Utah.

Sheriff's spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn reported that two such incidents occurred in September last year. He said such types of scams are difficult to investigate because scammers usually live outside the U.S. and discard cell phones before they can be traced. He said detectives judge whoever is responsible uses social networking sites, like Face book to recognize family members through profiles and photos.

He warned people to tell their parents and grandparents about this scam and that any requests for money to be wired must be seen as a red flag. He finally reported, these suspects purposely target seniors who may be more gullible and cooperate quickly out of concern for their 'jailed' loved one.

Avoid getting hooked by a Phishing Scam

Are you receiving email with a similar message? It’s nothing but scam called phishing and it involves Internet fraudsters who send spam or pop-up messages to bait personal information like credit card numbers, bank account information, Social Security number, passwords, or other sensitive information from unwary victims.

Phishing scams target student:Scammers have been sending e-mails claiming to be official university officials in order to gain secure information from students.

FTC suggests the following tips to keep away from getting hooked by a phishing scam:

• If you get an email or pop-up message that asks for personal information, do not reply and also don’t click on the link in the message. Legal companies never ask for this information via email. If you are worried about your account, contact the organization mentioned in the email using a telephone number. Don’t cut and paste the link from the message into your browser. Phishers can make links look like they go to one place, but that in fact send you to a dissimilar site.
• Use anti-virus and anti-spyware software and update them regularly. Some scam emails contain software that can harm your computer or trail your behavior on the Internet without your knowledge.
• Look for antivirus software that recognizes present viruses and older ones that can effectively reverse the damage and that updates repeatedly. Operating systems or browsers also may offer free software patches to close holes in the system that hackers or phishers could exploit.
• Review credit card and bank account statements once you receive them to check for illegal charges.
• Don’t email personal or financial information where email is not a secure method of transmitting personal information.

If you believe you’ve been scammed, file your complaint at ftc.gov.

Maid spray for $20thousand fortunate draw scam

Miss Sopiyanah, an Indonesian maid thought she had won$20,000. But she, ended up losing $74 in a mobile phone scam instead. It may be a small amount for most but it is about 20 per cent of her monthly salary. She could have lost another $400 if her employer Jenny Ong, 84, a retiree, did not step in to help her.

Miss Sopiyanah, said in Bahasa Indonesia: "I never thought it was a scam. I thought only of the money and how I could use it to build a new house for my parents in Indonesia."

Scam came in the form of an inoffensive message claiming to be from Petronas, stating that the beneficiary had won $20,000. Then recipients were told to transfer money to a bank account to process the transfer of the cash prize.

Miss Sopiyanah explained about scam that she received a text message on Sept 30 from an Indonesian mobile phone number that she had won $20,000 from PETRONAS. This is not the first time fraudsters have used the name of the Malaysian oil company to swindle people. In 2008, some Singaporeans received similar SMSes reporting that they had won $5,000 from PETRONAS in a lucky draw.

Miss Sopiyanah right away called the number using her Singapore pre paid SIM card and a man who identified himself as "Bapak Suleiman".

Scammers enact grandchildren

ONEIDA City Police are alerting area residents to a phone scam which has already been played on one Oneida man.

In this case, the victim an elderly male receives a phone call from someone stating they are a grandchild of the victim and they have been under arrest in another country and need bail money agitated to them. After that money is sent by wire to an out of the country location and the victim later learns that their grandchild was not in that country.

Federal authorities are contacted as the money is picked up outside the country where tracking down the pickup of the money is difficult due to the delay in reporting and the locations used by the suspects. Police says: They will aim elderly victims as they may have grandchildren who do not live nearby or they are not capable to quickly confirm that it is not the grandchild. A previous incident of this kind of scam, with a deviation, happened few years ago in which the victim was advised that a grandchild had been concerned in an accident in Canada, seized and needed money related to the accident. But in that case no money had been sent. The location of where the money was to be sent was tracked back to a hotel in Toronto and the information was turned over to Canadian authorities.

If anyone receiving a call of these types were asked to contact police.

Now Scammers have targeting door-to-door recently with the "Blacktop Scam”. By means of internet access, it’s easy to read about these scams and know how to avoid them. It is important for the police and potential victims to make scam baiting and to get the word out to newspapers and family. So everyone will be aware of these scams.

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Employment scams

A scam that coerced job hunters to forfeit an upfront fee to stuff envelopes at home has been shut down by a district court in the U.S.

According to a grievance brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, an U.S. Global Resources company promised job hunters up to $4,400 per month to stuff brochures into envelopes.

In turn to get the jobs, yet, applicants were told they had to pay a $40 refundable fee to receive their employment kit.

After paying the fee, applicants received nothing but only a pamphlet entitled Secret Home Employment Guide, which listed other fake work at home opportunities and how to promote them. Those applicants who asked for refunds were incapable to reach anyone with the company.

Scam forewarning: Bank survey

The New Zealand Bankers Association is urging New Zealanders to be on sentry against a telephone bank approval survey scam.

Bankers' Association chief executive Sarah Mehrtens said: Scammers emerge to be phoning people adage they are from the 'New Zealand Banking Association' and they are undertaking a survey on bank satisfaction whereas The New Zealand Bankers Association is not undertaking a bank satisfaction survey. She also reported: it’s not quite clear at this stage where the scammers are going with their line of questions but this bank satisfaction survey looks very much resembling a scam.

The Bankers Association is reminding people to safeguard all information relating to their bank accounts and to never disclose their PIN numbers or account passwords to anyone else.

Mehrtens said: "If the caller seems to have your bank account details, let do not provide them with any information, and contact your bank provider immediately. The New Zealand Bankers' Association and its member banks would never ask a customer to disclose their PIN number or account password.

Mehrtens said: The Association had received a small number of reports from people who have been phoned. We are grateful for the public's vigilance and are not aware of anyone having been taken in by the scam at this stage and we are not aware of an organization but the name is very similar to that of the New Zealand Bankers' Association.

San Bruno Fire- warned against scam

Officials will mass a news conference in San Bruno today to warn inhabitants about possible scams that could mainly target the victims of last week's natural gas line explosion and fire. Prosecutor reported: Two women have pleaded not blameworthy to charges of trying to run a scams to steal aid destined for the victims of the gas line explosion and fire that ravaged a San Bruno neighborhood.

Representatives of the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office and California Department of Insurance will also describe what their agencies are doing to protect homeowners from becoming victims a second time as they repair and rebuild their homes. Nearly 37 homes were destroyed and eight damaged in the Sept. 9 fire, which was ignited when a 30inch gas line ruptured.4 people were killed and more than 50 injured in an incident.

Today's news conference at San Bruno City Hall, located at 567 El Camino Real, in Conference Room 115. San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe and San Bruno police Chief Neil Telford are scheduled to be among the speakers, who will discuss post-disaster scams, the importance of hiring licensed contractors and tips for getting through the rebuilding process.

House Sale Scam

Perth man's house sold by scammers

Roger Mildenhall was living overseas. He found out last week that his property in Karrinyup which was worth almost $500,000, had been sold in June. Immediately he returned to Perth to find a second property he owned was also about to be sold.

The scammers had organized the sale in June 2010 through email and telephone, producing duplicates of the manners to his house.

Detective Senior Sergeant Don Heise from the Major Fraud Squad said: police are investigating whether the scammer is recognized to Mr Mildenhall.

He also stated: “We have a number of previous complaints where family members have taken property off another family member”, but if this is a true scam then it is the first of its kind.

Mr Mildenhall says he was stunned when he heard about the news. He said his neighbour told him about the sale last week and he right away returned to Perth to stop the sale of the second property. He has hired a lawyer in an attempt to get his property back and police are also investigating the scam.
Consumer Protection Commissioner Anne Driscoll said: It is not yet known how the scammers succeeded.

The details of the scam need to be fully investigated by detective to understand exactly what happened and how this trick was so effective. Real Estate Institute West Australian spokeswoman Anne Arnold said yesterday that agents need to be vigilant. She finally says changes may have to be made to prevent future scams.