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Latest “Barclays” Phishing Email

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Another fairly convincing email that appears to come from Barclays Bank but doesn’t. It actually directs to a scam site using subdomains of thirdt.info.

.info domains are now getting an underserved “reputation” largely because of special promotions making them extremely cheap to register, so favoured by spammers, and sploggers.

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More Ebay Phishing Emails

Monday, October 30th, 2006

There are many Ebay “Phishing” Emails circulating. Many appear quite convincing if you are a busy on Ebay. The latest pretend to be genuine buyers asking questions about Items. In this case its a TH-42PV60 Panasonic Viera HD Ready TV. Unless you are selling such an item, ignore and don’t click..If you are, handle - […]

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New Paypal Phishing Scam Email

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Be wary of yet another Paypal Phishing Scam coming in the form of an email, allegedly circulated by “GE Bank” offering you a new Paypal Credit Card with a credit limit of $6000.

This one is slightly more subtle in that the email (using Paypal Logo’s and colours) invites you to “login” for assistance, or to […]

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