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New Email Hoax Targets FBI Officials
Published on 9 Aug, 2011 at 10:25 in Cyber | Viewed 35 times | No Comments
The Internet Crime Complaint Center announced today that officials and high ranking members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are being targeted by a new spam attack that uses specific names of members and divisions within the agency to trick recipients into opening emails.
According to IC3, the email alerts the recipient that two “trunk boxes” containing large sums of money were intercepted at an international airport…
Blackmail Email Scam Targets Physicians
Published on 14 Jul, 2011 at 11:14 in Cyber | Viewed 58 times | No Comments
The FBI’s cyber crime center is warning about an email scam that targets doctors and attempts to extort them, claiming that if they do not pay up, their reputation and business will suffer.
Since March 5, 2011, the Internet Crime Complaint Center has received more than 50 complaints reporting extortion emails targeting professionals, mainly physicians. Victims were told complaints had been filed against them and posted online, claiming…
Scammers Exploit Treasury Department
It is not unusual for cyber crooks to use various government agencies or officials to legitimize their scams, and now a scheme has emerged that misrepresents the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center.
Victims report receiving an email claiming to be from the Treasury Department, stating their lost funds, which were stolen and diverted to a foreign account registered in…
Florida Tops List of Cyber Crime Hotspots
Published on 28 Feb, 2011 at 7:05 in Cloud | Viewed 89 times | No Comments
Florida may be known for its perpetual beautiful weather, but a new report ranking the state as the one of the top spots for cyber crime could add gloom to the Sunshine State.
The economic downturn has pushed Florida to one of the top spots in the nation for Internet crime, and the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center reported the state finished second in the nation in the…
FBI’s Cyber Crime Complaint Center Logs Two Million Entries
Published on 16 Nov, 2010 at 11:29 in Cyber | Viewed 110 times | No Comments
The FBI’s cyber crime complaint center has logged its two-millionth consumer complaint about online criminal activity.
Launched in May 2000, the Internet Crime Complaint Center, also known as IC3, is a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center. The center received its one millionth complaint seven years after its inception,…
Doritos Email Scam Can Cost Snack Maker Millions
Published on 1 Jul, 2010 at 11:31 in Cloud | Viewed 270 times | No Comments
Internet scams come in all forms, but fake coupons for free chips? According to Frito-Lay, a bogus coupon for a gratis bag of Doritos has gone viral, leaving consumers enraged when they cannot redeem it.
The Doritos scam–of unknown origin–grew bigger in the past few weeks as more and more people spread the coupon via email. Although a bag of chips may not sound like a big problem, Frito-Lay spokeswoman…
