Saturday, June 30, 2012

Phishing Scams Identity Theft - Sat Jun 30, 2012

Intering phishing scams can strike when least expected
Martinsburg Journal
Readers over the past decade may recall my name from a monthly personal
financial column, entitled “On the Money,” which I wrote for six years,
at...
<http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/580975/Intering-phishing-scams-can-strike-when-least-expected.html?nav=5061>

Cybercriminals targeting NatWest customers with phishing scam
V3.co.uk
Government agency warns customers to be wary of fake
emails,Security,Privacy ,Financial Services,Cybercrime,Hacking,Phishing.
<http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2187605/cybercriminals-targeting-natwest-customers-phishing-scam>


Fraudsters phish for NatWest clients with 'Stephen Hester' email
Register
"One of the phishing emails, purporting to be from Stephen Hester, the head
of RBS, apologises for the problems at RBS and says a 'security upgrade'
requires ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/27/natwest_disruption_phishing/>

Vimeo Members Hit by Phishing Email Scam
StreamingMedia.com
A high-level phishing attack targeted members of the video sharing site
Vimeo, and purported to come from Washington Post reporters.
<http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/Vimeo-Members-Hit-by-Phishing-Email-Scam-83430.aspx>

NatWest customers targeted by fraud emails following IT crisis
The Independent
NatWest customers could face further financial woes as they are being
targeted by fake “phishing” emails purporting to be from the boss of
their banking group.
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/natwest-customers-targeted-by-fraud-emails-following-it-crisis-7893330.html>

Phone phishers posing as Microsoft techs
ConnectAmarillo.com powered by KVII
New scam includes virus and security breach services to fix computers. ...
This new form of Internet fraud combines phone phishing techniques, fake
security ...
<http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=769794>

ATO warns scammers on the loose at tax time – here's how to spot ...
SmartCompany.com.au
Commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo said the office so far has received over
5000 reports of phishing emails using the ATO name, and over 3000 reports
of ...
<http://www.smartcompany.com.au/tax/050401-ato-warns-scammers-on-the-loose-at-tax-time-here-s-how-to-spot-them.html>

Voice phishing now targeting even high-ranking gov`t officials
동아일보
Kidnapping scams accounted for 27.4 percent of all voice phishing cases,
impersonation of investigative agencies 27 percent, and cases using the
financial ...
<http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=020000&biid=2012062747098>

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