Scam Tactics For The Month

Posted on June 29th, 2009 in Koobface, Scammers, spam | No Comments »

Share Cybercriminals and phishers are still focusing their efforts on Facebook. Several new scam tactics are listed as below. 1) Koobface Variant Resurfaced again Recent report from CA suggested that a Koobface variant is still actively sending mass...

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links for 2009-02-10

Posted on February 10th, 2009 in Scammers | No Comments »

Share Facebook no longer a place for safe and trusted environment? Internet predators? 1. Facebook Admits Sexual Assault Suspect Used Site Police have charged Wisconsin 18-year-old Anthony Stancl with sexual assault and accused him of copying female...

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Scam Via Facebook Chat

Posted on January 30th, 2009 in Facebook Chat, Scammers | No Comments »

Share Be wary, more scams are appeared on Facebook. The channel scammers used on Facebook might be different this time, no longer the Wall posts or messages that conned users to check out links that lead to download adware, and something about virus...

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Beware of the Nigerian 419 Scam on Facebook

Posted on November 10th, 2008 in Facebook, Scammers | No Comments »

Share This is a latest attempt of the attack on Facebook user; this time is not spam, but the notorious Nigerian 419 scammer on Facebook. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, a Facebook user, also worked at Google Australia Karina Wells has recei...

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