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Loading ...We seem to have skipped Fall and gone straight to Winter here in Ontario.
This blog is almost three months old now. Time sure passes by fast, huh? Only thing exciting this time of the year is the start of another NBA season. I’ve been a little busy with other businesses, but didn’t want to skip a Scams in the News article.
Well, the biggest news for the past few days has been the “Balloon Boy” fiasco. It’s no internet scam, but a scam nonetheless. I’m guessing the father really wants to be a TV star.
Okay, so what’s in the news today?
- I see a bunch of articles reporting the scam Tamiflu and H1N1 vaccine sales online. You can read my previous short article on this issue — H1N1 Flu Scams Spreading Online
- Woman narrowly escapes Craigslist Internet scam – A typical advance-fee rental scam. Glad to hear the woman didn’t fall for it. A Penticton woman was close to losing $3,700 in an internet scam last week. After placing an ad on the internet site Craigslist, the woman was contacted about renting the unit. The man inquiring told her he was from overseas and would send her the first and last months rent totaling $1,200.
- Counter-eCrime Coalition Deploys Real-Time Internet Safety Education Program – Good to see more initiatives like these. The AWPG/CUPS Phishing Education Landing Page Program delivers online safety education – free – to consumers who`ve clicked on links in phishing mails by redirecting them away from the URLs of decommissioned phishing websites onward to a page of Internet security and safety instruction hosted by the APWG.
- Credit card details scam hits 40 million victims – More news regarding scarewares. A total of 40 million people have fallen victim to a scam that sometimes allows criminals to get hold of victims’ credit card details, it has been reported.
- Foreign scam group nabbed for alleged electronic card fraud – Police on Monday apprehended three foreign men in downtown Bangkok for alleged debit card forgery. The suspected trio were identified as Sivapriyan Sivapakiyarajah, a Canadian national, and Ajaphan Balendran and Venkadeswaran Maheswaran, both Sri Lankan nationals, according to the police Crime Suppression Division. The suspects were detained near a hotel in Sukhumvit Soi 4 while they were walking to their vehicle. They were carrying 104 electronic cards, a magnetic card-strip reader and two laptop computers.
