Attempted fraud/phishing attack alert ( Read more... )

http://shoreline.patch.com/groups/giving/p/how-to-give-to-typhoon-victims-without-being-scammed-shoreline

I got a call a few minutes ago from someone claiming to be from "the Windows technical department." She asked me if I knew my computer had downloaded "dangerous files" -- spyware or viruses -- presumably as the beginning of a pitch to buy something from whoever she represented. I asked her if she could send the details of the problem to me via ( Read more... )

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/10/10/weak-economy-is-a-boom-time-for-financial-scammers/Read more... )

http://level-head.livejournal.com/547738.html

This is a truly ugly scam/phishing attack. Many thanks to level-head for bringing it to everyone's attention.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/04/mother-finds-her-seven-mo_n_251021.html

You can find just about anything for sale on Craigslist, even, as one Massachusetts family discovered to their horror, your own baby. After receiving a tip ( Read more... )

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_jersey&id=8029905

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Kim Lukens went online to buy seats for the upcoming performance of ?"Mary Poppins". The musical hits town next month, and Lukens wanted a special night with her son ( Read more... )

http://www.cracked.com/article_19087_the-9-most-offensive-911-references-in-pop-culture.html

http://www.walletpop.com/2011/03/04/texting-scam-targets-jobless/Read more... )