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Best Practices For Recovery From the Malicious Erasure of Files

January 21st, 2012 · No Comments

FBI and DHS have released best practices for recovery files that have been erased due to viruses.

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9 Important Holiday Shopping Tips You Should Know

November 21st, 2011 · Comments Off

How to avoid getting scammed — 9 Important Holiday Shopping Tips you should know — Avoid becoming a victim of cyber fraud.

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FBI Officials Continue To Be The Target Of Spam E-mail

August 9th, 2011 · Comments Off

Government agencies and high ranking government officials have been the target of previous spam attacks. A new version of the spam e-mail uses the names of FBI officials along with the names of specific units within the FBI.

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2010 Annual Report on Internet Crime Released

February 24th, 2011 · Comments Off

The 2010 Internet Crime Report was released today by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

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Telephone Collection Scam Related to Delinquent Payday Loans

December 1st, 2010 · Comments Off

The IC3 receives a high volume of complaints from victims of payday loan telephone collection scams. In these scams, a caller claims that the victim is delinquent in a payday loan and must repay the loan to avoid legal consequences. The callers purport to be representatives of the FBI, Federal Legislative Department, various law firms, [...]

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Fraudulent Notification Deceives Consumers Out of Thousands of Dollars

November 29th, 2010 · Comments Off

IC3 continues to receive reports of letters and e-mails being distributed pursuant to prize sweepstakes or lottery schemes

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Involvement in Criminal Activity through Work from Home Scams

November 8th, 2010 · Comments Off

Work-from-home scam victims are often recruited by organized cyber criminals but there are steps you can take to protect yourself.

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Fraudulent Telephone Calls Allow Fraudsters Access To Consumer Financial and Brokerage Accounts

June 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

FBI Newark Division released a warning to consumers concerning a new scheme using telecommunications denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks.

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IC3 2009 Annual Report on Internet Crime Released

March 12th, 2010 · Comments Off

Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), released the 2009 Annual Report on Internet Crime.

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National Center for Disaster Fraud to Coordinate Haitian and Chilean Fraud Complaints

March 10th, 2010 · Comments Off

The FBI and the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) have their hands full with fraud complaints regarding fraudulent donation requests about Haiti earthquake

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Counterfeit Check Scheme Targeting U.S. Law Firms

January 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

In an interesting twist of events, lawyers are being schooled by overseas fraudsters. Goes to show you, if a lawyer can get scammed so can you. Please be mindful.

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Haitian Earthquake Relief Fraud Alert

January 13th, 2010 · Comments Off

It’s unfortunate that we live in such times that low-life’s will use a national disaster like the Haiti earthquake to make a quick buck.

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Pop-Up Anti-Virus Software Advertising Pose Threat to Internet Users

December 11th, 2009 · Comments Off

An ongoing threat exists for computer users who, while browsing the Internet, began receiving pop-up security warnings that state their computers are infected with numerous viruses.

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Spear Phishing Emails Target U.S. Law and PR Firms

November 18th, 2009 · Comments Off

The FBI assesses with high confidence that hackers are using spear phishing e-mails with malicious payloads to exploit U.S. law firms and public relations firms.

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Fraudulent Transfers Connected To Malware And Work-At-Home Scams

November 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off

The FBI has seen a significant increase in fraud involving the exploitation of valid online banking credentials belonging to small and medium businesses, municipal governments, and school districts.

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