Apple's Ping Attracting Scammers

Apple as it looks like prior did not employ any autonomous filtering of spamsor malicious URL’s. Now it’s attacking very new music-based social networking website called Ping. It looks like is only filtering disgusting photos posted on its social network. If they are serious of getting into this networking business, they also have to look into this forbidding aspect of the trade.

Ping is a result of the combination of different products and applications offered by Apple. To name a few are Lala.com and iTunes. Ping is simply 2 days old and is having its share of controversies. The first of the embarrassments came in the form of a clash between Facebook and Apple just before launching. The Chief Executive Officer, Steve Jobs, Apple did not agreed to the laborious demands of Facebook and Ping went on the floor without any flourishes from the world’s largest social network Facebook. There seemed to be no connection between the two.

The most common incidence of scamming on Apple's latest social venture, Ping, is the offering of free iPhones from a devious URL. Ping is turning out to be one of the favorite dwellings for spammers and they are getting malicious URL based spammed comments on their WebPages. Obviously the comment spam seems to be the favorite among spammers.

The senior technology consultant at Sophos Graham Clulely said: We're used to survey scams like this being spread wide via many sites like Facebook, but obviously the lack of filtering on Ping is making it a brand new playground for the bad guys to operate in. It's sarcastic that the most common scams on Ping right now turn around Apple's own iPhone. It's safe to assume that Ping does need to incorporate some basic filtering to prevent nasty messages from being posted, so confidently Apple's security team can extend this to also block scam messages and malicious links. Also the Ping users should be cautious of believing what they read on the new service.

Unfortunately, a solution to the budding Ping network is not foreseen in the near future. It’s difficult to comprehend, how Apple forgot to set up any application for catching the notorious well-known glitches. Now, all that can be done is wishing fortuity to Ping users and welcoming Apple into the world of social networking nuisances.

Phishing Scam

New Yorker Jessica Almonte has been receiving the same text message; many times a day for the past couple of weeks is an example of the newest consumer phishing scam.

Federal Trade Commission’s Northeast Region director Len Gordon said: Those text messages try to get your personal information, your credit card number, your bank account number, your Social Security numbers. Scammers need this information as they going to abuse it and try to steal money from you.

Not like phishing emails, if you pay per text message, every time you receive that useless text, it is on your dime. Almonte reported an individual have to take different actions to filter the spam mails.

For more information regarding smishing scams, go to ftc.gov.

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Cameron Diaz Is Dangerous Internet Celeb, Scam

A movie star Cameron Diaz has become the most dangerous celebrity on the Internet. Diaz, 37, is top of the list of the most dangerous celebrities to search for online, according to computer security company McAfee.

The Knight and Day star is the top celebrity used as bait by scammers, warned security firm McAfee.

2010 top three celebrities list are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, and Jessica Biel, McAfee said. The other most-dangerous celebrities to look for online are Gisele Bundchen, Brad Pitt, Adriana Lima, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, Heidi Klum, Penelope Cruz and Anna Paquin.

Searching for Cameron Diaz online gives you a one in 10 chance of landing on a risky site. If someone searched for Cameron Diaz pictures, about 19 percent of the sites that popped up contained malicious downloads.

Dave Marcus, director of security research at McAfee Labs stated: Creators of malicious software use celebrities as lures, baiting fans and followers to click on and download seemingly inoffensive content containing programs planned to steal passwords and other private information for profit.

scammers are now beating malicious content in tiny places like shortened URLs that can extend virally in social networking sites and Twitter, instead of on websites.

A lot of times a cyber criminal will dig for Twitter, or follow Google Trends, to poison those kinds of links. But it's very clear they will use news trends to bait," Marcus said.

"Brad Pitt is previously one of the most dangerous celebrities to search on," said Marcus. He's always up there. This is the fourth time McAfee published the annual list of dangerous persons.

The overall study used McAfee's Site Advisor ratings to track risky sources of celebrity content on the web, and used these results to calculate an overall risk percentage.

Work At Home Scams

Many were tempted of money during this financial time and lost their large sums of money, but beware of scammer who offers you money suddenly without any notification.

Advance fee scam: They will send you the mail like, Just invest five hundred dollars in inventory. Starting a home-based business is easy!
Criminal Activity: Criminals often located overseas. They will hire you as a U.S.-based agent to receive and re-ship checks, to other potential victims.

Tips to avoid home scams:

• Do your own research, when starting home base business opportunities.
• Contact the Better Business Bureau at bbb.org.
• When first interacting with your prospective employer, don’t provide your personal information.

Scam Busters

To protect yourself from dangerous internet scams, beware of scammers’ website, list of scammers’ mail, scammers address.

scammers mail

scammers mail:

From: pmbeki@lineisp.co.uk
To: pmbeki@lineisp.co.uk
Sent: February 26, 2006 2:00 AM
Subject: reply me
Dear Friend,

Greetings to you this day, I am writing you urgently for your cooperation in an issue I need you to handle with me. My name is Mr. Paul Ngobe, and I am a banker based in Nigeria West Africa. I was actually helping a friend Mr. Neenus Y. Khoshaba a businessman from the USA transfer some of his money from Iraq during the time Islamic terrorist thugs murdered people unjustly and destroyed their properties without any form of pity. Neenus Y. Khoshaba was an unfortunate victim of this attack, he was Kidnapped and Murdered on May 22, 2005. More information can be found on his death if you view these sites.

http://www.Nigerian Spamlandsecurityus.com/khoshaba.asp
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/006293.php
http://wwwmiddle-east-online.com/english/?id=13566

Before his death, he had deposit the sum of Usd$18,000,000.00 (Eighteen Million American Dollars) with Intercontinental bank which I once worked for. These were proceeds he made secretly from various oil deals in Iraq and Nigeria. I had the opportunity of knowing this because I was his banker. He also appealed to me to ensure that the funds were safely kept and if anything should happen to him I should make his fiancée his next of kin. I made frantic effort to contact any relatives of Mr. Neenus Y. Khoshaba for the past two months without any success, his fiancée died of shock after hearing of his death. At this point I am contacting you to act as the next of kin/original beneficiary to Mr. Neenus Y. Khoshaba's fund in the bank because the bank is planning to hold the funds as "uncleared funds" and thus make it bank's money since no one has come forward to claim it. I need you to stand as the next of kin so that the funds can be processed in your name so that it can be transferred to your account. I cannot do this alone neither can make claims to it myself that is why I need your assistance. If you agree to take up this responsibility, then I will facilitate the process in making you the official beneficiary to the funds and you will be required to contact the bank to instruct a transfer I await your reply.

Best Regards
Charles williams
Financial Advisor
Tel: +234-8026191146
My alternative email address is paulmbeki1@latinmail.com

scammers letter

LETTER 1:
Name: vickky
Email id: vickky_x22@yahoo.com
Location: West Africa

My Dearest Love,
I am more than happy of your reply to my mail. How is your day today? My name is Miss vickky dion. single and never been married, i am from Cote D'Ivoire in west Africa and presently residing in the dioum refugee camp here in Senegal where i am seeking political asylum due to the civil war that was fought in my country last two years. I am in surferings and pains here in this camp and i really need to have a man by my side to encourage me and give me good advice in life and help me to come out from this situation.

My late father DR DION MBAYE was chairman managing director of (MBAYE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD), in ABIDJAN the economy capital of my Country, and he was also the personal adviser to the former head of state before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my mother and father in a cold blood. It is only me that is alive now and i managed to make my way to a nearby country Senegal where i am living now as a rend you this email and i only enter his office when he is less busy in his office I would like toefugee. This Refugee Camp is headed by a Reverend Father, i used his office computer to s know more about you, your likes and dislikes, your hobbies and what you are doing presently. i like to meet understanding, loyal, sincere, trusthfull, kindly and friendly and more to that, a man of vision and truth. I will tell you more about myself in my next mail. Attached here is my picture, Hoping to hear from you soonest.

Yours Forever in love.
Miss vickky


LETTER 2:
Name: vera aliyu

My dear,
How are you doing today together with your health that is most important thing to me and how was your night.i hope that you are doing very great over there in your country. For I am the end hoping that very soon that i will be there with you immediately after the transfer of my money into your account for a betterment of life with you and continue with my studies.
My dear thanked for your call as you said please if our I'm allowed by warfare officer to go to Reverend office i will give you a missed call through. Darling, like you know, I am living in the refugee camp here in Dakar-Senegal.In this camp, its just like one staying in the prison and I hope by God's grace, I will come out here soon.I do not have any relatives now whom I can go to as all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war.The only person I have Benard Rev.Charles now is who is the pastor of (Our Lords chosen Church) here in the camp, he has been very nice to me since I came here but I am not living with him rather I live in the female's hostel because the camp has two hostels one for men the other for women.Please try to call by 2 GMT with The Pastor's Telephone number is: (00-221-7651 - 97,690), when you call, tell him that you want to speak with me, so that he will send for me in the hostel.Please call me today, I love to hear your voice.As a refugee here, I do not have any right or privilege to anything be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country..I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the tragic incident that led to the death of my parents took place.
Please listen to this, I have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which I will send to you later, because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a bank, which he used my name as the next of kin, the amount is $ 7.3M (Seven Million Three Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars). I know I will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you. I kept this secret to people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Reverend because he is like a father to me.So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and do not tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it.Sir, I will like you to send me all the under-mentioned particulars, for me to know you more, and know whom I am dealing with.
Below here is what I need from you so that I can forward it to the bank to start the processing of transfer procedures with you as my representative:
(1) Full name
(2) country of residence & city
3) Phone Number
Remember, I am giving you all this information due to the trust I reposed in you.I love you because you are an honest and understanding person.You are truthful, full of vision and a hardworking person.Thanks for your sweet regards for me. You are a nice person, I love to meet you very soon.I will like you to call me, call around 2pm GMT.I want to hear your voice I love and care for you.
Have a nice day and think about me.

Yours forever in love
Miss Vera

Hello My Dear.

How is everything? i know it's all good .i am excited to read from you today .My dear as i told you in my last mail ,My name is Vera Aliyu, an ivorien in West Africa.Presently I am residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal,as a result of the Civil war going on in my country .I am a beautifully loving young girl of 23 years ,about 5'8" tall .Slim fit ,weighing about 61 kg.My father Dr Patric Aliyu was a successful business man,he deals on Gold and Diamond before the rebels attacked our house one evening and kill him with my mother and my only brother .I'm the only one alive from the family.By the grace of God I made my way to a near by country where I'm presently living as a refugee.My dear,I come in this site search for love and care which I have not gotten for a very long time since I lost my family members.I here by believe that time to come you will be my side and i will show you unreserved love respect through out my time.Dear ,I want to know more about you,your real name,Your real country,Your occupation,your age your hobbies and what you are doing presently .My hobbies are swimming ,dancing,singing,reading,watching movies and discussing politics .I have attached my pictures.In my next mail I will tell you more about my self.I waiting to your lovely reply with impatience.

Yours Forever in Love
Miss Vera

Antiscam

Scam mails are an enormous aggravation to Internet-goers. But some 80% of all mails reported as unwanted, the numbers don't appear to be decreasing. This has many people wondering just what is being done to protect their privacy. Learn what anti scam laws are in place where you live.

New Type Of Nigerian Scam

Scammers recognise that their victim who has just been scammed is more likely to fall for scamming attempts than a random person. Often after a scam, the victim is contacted again by the scammer, representing himself as a law enforcement officer. The victim is informed that a group of criminals has been arrested and that they have recovered his money.

To get the money back, the victim must pay a fee for processing or insurance purposes. Even after the victim has realised that he has been scammed, this follow up scam can be successful as the scammer represents himself as a totally different party yet knows details about the transactions. The realization that he has lost a large sum of money and the chance he might get it back often leads to the victim transferring even more money to the same scammer.

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