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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Phishing scams cause online fraud to rise (Identity Theft)


Phishing scams cause online fraud to rise
SC Magazine, UK - Nov 7, 2006Online bank fraud losses rose sharply in the first half of 2006 due to a surge in phishing scams, new figures show. According to ...

Cybercrime Fugitive Arrested in Azusa for Operating Phishing ...
Student Operated Press, FL - Nov 7, 2006... who was known as �The Hacker,� was originally arrested in January 2006 on charges he operated an identity theft scheme known as �phishing.� During the ...

The Feds bust international phishing gangs
PC Pro, UK - Nov 3, 2006The FBI has busted an international phishing gang with arrests of a number of members. Members located in the USA, Poland and Romania ...

US Leads World In Hosting Phishing Sites
Digitaltrends.com, OR - Nov 8, 2006Anti-phishing group PhishTank, which is a service of openDSN and tracks phishing attempts on the Internet, offers information about phishing and ongoing scams ...