The FBI has published a security alert warning businesses in the US about
the email scam.
The alert says that from October 2013 to February, the FBI was made aware of $ 2.3 billion (# 1.6 billion) in money lost because of
the email scam.
The complaint filed on Thursday «appears to be the largest
email scam that I've seen,» said Tom Brown, a former Manhattan federal prosecutor who is now managing director of Berkeley Research Group's cyber security practice.
Hackers have taken over the email account of a Louisiana funeral home and are sending
email scams to the company's customers, asking for money.
Acting New York State Supreme Court Justice Lori Sattler has lost over one million dollars after falling victim of
an email scam, NY Daily News reports.
Hundreds of users fell victims to
email scams over the past week, sending over $ 1 million worth of Ethereum to a scammer who sent fake emails posing as the Bee Token ICO (Initial Coin Offering).
Today, cybercriminals launched a highly effective
email scam that included a link to a Google Docs document that was in fact a link to a 3rd party app designed to steal information from the recipient.
Some of the highest - placed executives of the biggest banks on Wall Street fell prey to
an email scam that had also snared...
«We are very concerned about the growing success of
these email scams.
Email scams and the aforementioned «Green Dot MoneyPak» scam account for the grand larceny jump, Delatorre said.
These invoices sometimes end up in my junk folder because of
a email scam tactic that involves fake invoices and corrupt attachments.
Nigeria might be the most famous origin of
email scams but they can come from anywhere around the globe.
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Online fraudsters, claiming to be from the Department of Education, have tried a combination of cold calling and
email scams to gain access to a school's data which if successful could have caused potentially devastating effects.
The $ 2200 Premium Package, $ 3200 Sport Package, and $ 2000 Premium Sound Package are as honest as Nigerian inheritance
email scams when you look at what you're actually getting.
Usually these fake
email scams are easier to spot, with the authors making large numbers of silly grammatical errors or giving a strong sense of urgency that you respond; this one is surprisingly better composed.
A couple of weeks ago, The Student Loan Report covered
an email scam in the United Kingdom that was encouraging potential targets to enter in personal information after they were informed that their student loan account was temporarily shutdown due to missing information.
Add
this email scam to the list of headaches that UK students must deal with as the new academic year begins.
There are many variations of
email scams floating out there, too.
We have never had any complaints about Ameriquest but we have seen
some email scams from spammers leading to fraud cases but you see this with most banks and sub-prime lenders.
This advance fee fraud
email scam asked people to help a Togo barrister access US$ 17 million from the estate of a man who, along with his family, was killed in the 2006 Boxing Day tsunami.
Email scams are a cheap, easy and efficient way for criminals to attempt to contact people and gather personal information or financial details from them.
The thirst for credit scores is growing so fast that
email scam artists are able to take advantage of it simply by putting the word «free» in front of credit scores.
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) sends out alerts on
email scams and had a few credit - score related posts go out in 2014 and 2015.
Because if you did read through it, you would find the checks are about as convenient as a Nigerian
email scam.
Just yesterday, the Student Loan Report covered the story regarding a new student loan
email scam in the United Kingdom that is targeting first - year and returning college students.
Not
all email scams are as obvious as fake messages from deposed African rulers.
Many
email scams will read strangely, with odd and generic phrasing.
It includes an irresistible film, «How to Make Money Religiously,» and a scattering of printed Facebook communiqués and
email scams that foreground the false intimacies of digital interaction.
In the face of
email scams and a constant barrage of sketchy pharmaceutical junk mail, a professional email address is the bonded paper and embossed letterhead that sets your law firm apart.
Email scams have invaded the legal profession in recent years.
However, with news of breaches — including just this January when tens of thousands of phishing
email scams were sent, looking as if they came from some of the top US law firms — persistently hitting the headlines, so too are clients» demands to increase security measures.
According to CBC News and The Canadian Press, a newer type of
email scam has taken advantage of a Toronto - based medical professional.
An Iowa lawyer was stupid enough to fall for one of those obvious
email scams cooked up by some Nigerian shysters.
However, you can always just search Snopes to see if your latest urgent email is actually just the latest
email scam.
For other
email scams, such as emails containing a link that either installs a virus or grants access to a hacker, simple steps like training employees to «hover» over links to see the URL and prompting manual typing of webpage addresses helps.
Mitchell has represented many international clients in disputes in Hong Kong relating to corporate insolvency, fraud,
email scams, shareholder's disputes, employment matters, sale of goods and other contractual disputes, defamation, and a variety of commercial matters.
This is also a good time to remind yourself to be on the lookout for fraud — I've received
email scams recently related to the Canada Revenue Agency and tax time.
Additionally,
the email scam where your friend or relative needs you to wire money to them because their wallet was stolen while they were traveling overseas also seems to have gone away.