Posts tagged online fraud
New fraud scheme targets lawyers
Nov 14th
by Monica Goyal
If you are not a lawyer, you may not have heard of this fraud.
Generally, the purpose of the scheme is to persuade a lawyer to take them on as a client in a settlement case, and then steal their money.
Monica Goyal
Here is an example email:
“De: John Fischer
Fecha: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:09:41 +0000
Para:
Asunto: YOUR LEGAL ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED. Read the rest of this entry »
World Cup-related scams
Jul 8th
Buying a fake World Cup ticket isn’t the only scam that awaits the unwary footie fan online. As the tournament in South Africa reaches its climax and excitement mounts in the lead up to the final, fraudsters are continuing to augment their attacks with a variety of World Cup-related email ruses. Supporters will need a sharp defensive line-up to keep them out.
Paul Wood
Despite FIFA’s stringent rules about distribution and resale, there are still World Cup tickets on offer from unauthorized online outlets. Some of these will be old-fashioned touts using new channels to sell tickets at higher than face value. Some will be genuine people who bought tickets and now can’t go, but are unaware of the resale rules (which state that tickets can only be transferred to another named person with FIFA’s permission). And some will be outright fraudulent: the tickets are forgeries or don’t exist at all.
The end result for the ardent fan is the same: they risk flying themselves to South Africa at great expense only to find they are refused permission to the stadium. Read the rest of this entry »
Business is booming in Canada’s riskiest online city
Mar 23rd
Location, location, location.
If homeowners and businesses were to take a cue from the Norton Top 10 Riskiest Online Canadian Cities Report, Burlington might well be ghost town in a couple of months.
The report, the first of its kind by the security software company, names the South Ontario municipality as the overall Canadian champion of its spam and online fraud hot bed award. The city was followed closely by Port Coquitlam and the Township of Langley, both in British Columbia. (Toronto, don’t feel so bad you also made it – to eight place right next to Markham.)
So what are businesses to do if they’re on Norton’s risky city lists? Cut the Internet connection? Close the online shop? Move to a new location? Read the rest of this entry »
Scammers & fraudsters extend Holiday earnings at Haiti’s expense
Jan 19th
As much as consumers look forward to Christmas every year, retailers salivate at the boost in revenue and its positive impact on earnings. No one enjoys the holidays more than criminals however, from petty scammers to organized crime groups whose tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue make up for months of preparation. This year’s windfall stands to be supplemented by an unexpected bonus on account of the Haiti disaster.
There is no shortage to the amount of compassion that such a disaster can bring out in people and the Internet is a great place to reach many, many people. With dozens, perhaps hundreds of individual charities and independent efforts to help Haitian victims, it can be difficult to tell legitimate groups from opportunistic fraudsters. Read the rest of this entry »
