by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
I guess people are reporting many Japan disaster donation websites to Paypal, because we’re seeing a lot of sites with their payment screens disabled, blocked or just plain fired into the heart of the Sun. Here’s a fresh one on Myspace (you remember...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Looks like they’re starting early with these scams, seeing as Easter isn’t until April 24th.Patrick Jordan came across some dubious links while digging around for printable Easter Cards on .pl domains. These redirect links are lurking at the top of search...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Here’s a freshly minted scam mail doing the rounds – this time, claiming to be a victim trying to escape Japan and needing a cool $1,600 to do it.From: jamainelecottATyahoo.comSubject: Please Help Life, From Jamaine LecottHello Dear FriendMy Name is...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
There’s falling on your sword, and there’s using Skype to call security researcher Adam Thomas then trying to sell him some fake AV.This is an example of the latter.The site involved was sosdl(dot)com (currently offline) and here’s a screenshot:Click...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Thanks to thenext50k for sending this over.From: “Paul Anderson”Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:33:07 +0100Subject: Urgent response as regards the Japan Earthquake, TsunamiPrivate and ConfidentialFirstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information...