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Scamming the Scammers: 5 Brilliant Reverse 419 Scams [Pics]

2008-02-12 16:00:06 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Countless people are victimized every year around the world by international scammers claiming to have access to fortunes through banks, royal families, business partners, deceased loved ones and more. Some clever crusaders, however, are fighting back in kind and scamming the scammers. In some cases these are downright hilarious
 
Tags: scammers, international scammers, business partners, downright hilarious, countless people, clever crusaders, royal families, fortunes, access
 
 
 
 
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Scammers Avoid Spam Detection By Using Redirection In Adobe Flash Files And ImageShack.com Free Hosting

2008-09-04 19:59:04 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Anti-spam service MessageLabs reports a new way found by scammers to bypass anti-spam filters. This time scammers are utilizing Adobe Flash files and free websites hosting services. Spam messages with harmless-looking content contain links to Flash-based files on free image hosting services like ImageShack.com. The commands embedded in flash...
 
Tags: files, adobe flash files, flash files redirect, scammers, bypass anti-spam filters, time scammers, imageshack, free websites, services
 
 
 
 
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This American Life on Scamming the Scammers

2008-09-17 14:58:49 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...scammers who were being scammed by three other guys. Does it serve them right or is it just dangerous? Either way, its good once in a while to see a case where the scammers get scammed back, instead of unwitting consumers From the Consumerist Last week, This American Life featured a 30-minute piece on people who scam the scammersin this case,...
 
Tags: american life, american life tells, scammers, episode, recent episode, small-time nigerian con, nigerian scammers, western union office, mortal danger
 
 
 
 
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Phishing kit pits wannabe scammers vs. pro fraudsters

2008-01-23 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b39718 in Network World on Security
 
In a twist, security researchers have discovered a group of hackers who are exploiting a new category of victims -- aspiring Internet scammers
 
Tags: internet scammers, security researchers, victims, twist, category, hackers
 
 
 
 
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Scammers settling in after Gustav

2008-09-02 15:51:22 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...Scammers Hit the Net If youre interested in contacting a legit charity working to help families displaced by Hurricane Gustav, check out the list below. You can also find everything from live cameras and storm tracking tools to Web services devoted to helping find loved ones at our Online Storm Resource Center
 
Tags: gustav, storm, storm scammers hit, hurricane gustav, legit sites named, live cameras, web services, legit charity, inquisitr
 
 
 
 
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Who Falls for those Nigerian 419 Scams Anyway?

2008-12-03 08:20:20 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...scammers $400K: She wiped out her husband's retirement account, mortgaged the house and took a lien out on the family car. Both were already paid for For more than two years, Spears sent tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars. Everyone she knew, including law enforcement officials, her family and bank officials, told her to stop, that it...
 
Tags: spears, blind spears, law enforcement officials, scammers 400k, scammers, family car, family, money, retirement account
 
 
 
 
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Price Discrimination in the Market for Stolen Credit Cards

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2008-06-03 07:23:29 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...scammers trying to scam other scammers by pitching the stolen credit cards and never "delivering the goods
 
Tags: price, price discrimination, volume basis, basis, market, average price, bank basis, volume basis propositions, credit card
 
 
 
 
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Using Market Forces to Disrupt Botnets

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2008-06-09 05:19:02 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...scammers scam the scammers, for $1000 you can buy a 100k infected PCs, and for another $100,000 a million infected PCs. So what? Well, establishing a task force to periodically purchase already infected PCs and disinfecting them, of course, in a opt-in fashion on behalf of the end users in order to please the paper tigers, stating that if...
 
Tags: botnets, disrupt botnets, malware, fight malware, market forces, online malware scanners, single pcs, pcs, successful botnets
 
 
 
 
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Email Hacking Going Commercial

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2008-07-24 02:04:48 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...scammers scam the scammers. The service works in 7 steps 1- Submit your case to one of our experts 2- After successful submission , you will be sent a confirmation email along with your Case Reference Number (CRN 3- Our expert(s) will revert back to you in a few minutes with the details, the charges & the turn-around time. You may also be...
 
Tags: email, confirmation email, methods, multiple payment methods, actual email, payment, email account, mailbox, target mailbox