Posts Tagged ‘ scam ’

Scam: Adobe Announces New Version Upgrades for Adobe Acrobat 2011

You are probably due an email any day now to let you know that Adobe is upgrading Acrobat with a 2011 edition. It is always wise to upgrade as soon as possible as some upgrades close security exploits than hackers and viruses take advantage of. But wait ….. If Adobe are upgrading Acrobat, why...

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New Amazon Phishing Scam on the Rise

Quick warning – just read about a new phishing scam that targets Amazon customers. This one is a be advanced than the usual, designed in trick more people into handing over their private data to the scammers. In this new Amazon scam you will receive an email which will look genuine. The email address...

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Online Dating Agency Scams Revealed

There used to be a time when if a woman wanted to con a man out of a lot of money she would have to befriend him, woo him, marry him then run off with the cash. These days it can happen in a virtual environment without anyone ever meeting personally. Not only that,...

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PC Support Security Scams – ZFSENDTOTARGET CLSID Trick

PC Support Security Scams – ZFSENDTOTARGET CLSID Trick

Had another call today from a firm telling me that my computer was generating errors caused by malware, which was caused because my security warranty was out of date. I had a similar call the other day, and knowing it to be a scam I got rid of them pretty quickly. Today I decided...

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GMail Phishing Alert – Google Accounts Being Threatened By Scammers

Barry Welford, one of the Cre8easiteforums moderators, has just alerted us to the follow phishing scam that is targeting Google Account holders. I have now twice within the last few days had a very authentic-looking Gmail message from Google that in fact is a phishing exploit. If you click on the www.google.com link you...

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