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Timeshare Owner? The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You

Krebs on Security

The FBI is warning timeshare owners to be wary of a prevalent telemarketing scam involving a violent Mexican drug cartel that tries to trick people into believing someone wants to buy their property. One of the phony real estate companies trying to scam people out of money over fake offers to buy their timeshares. .

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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

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Junk email campaigns touting employment or “money mule” scams cost $300 per million, and phishing emails could be blasted out through Severa’s botnet for the bargain price of $500 per million. One was Alan Ralsky , an American spammer who was convicted in 2009 of paying Severa and other spammers to promote pump-and-dump stock scams.

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Happy 14th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

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As of this birthday, I’ve officially been an independent investigative journalist for longer than I was a reporter for The Washington Post (1995-2009). Few Fortune 100 Firms List Security Pros in Their Executive Ranks Who’s Behind the Domain Networks Snail Mail Scam? Being Used to Phish So Many of US?

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Inside ‘Evil Corp,’ a $100M Cybercrime Menace

Krebs on Security

From 2009 to the present, Aqua’s primary role in the conspiracy was recruiting and managing a continuous supply of unwitting or complicit accomplices to help Evil Corp. Some tips from Europol on how to spot money mule recruitment scams dressed up as legitimate job offers. indep: Yeah. indep: Greetings. tank: [link].

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Krebs on Security

When I first began writing about Vrublevsky in 2009 as a reporter for The Washington Post , ChronoPay and its sister firm Red & Partners (RNP) were earning millions setting up payment infrastructure for fake antivirus peddlers and spammers pimping male enhancement drugs.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

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The SocksEscort home page says its services are perfect for people involved in automated online activity that often results in IP addresses getting blocked or banned, such as Craigslist and dating scams, search engine results manipulation, and online surveys. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com

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Is IdentityIQ a Scam?

Identity IQ

Is IdentityIQ a Scam? Is IdentityIQ a scam? Since 2009, IDIQ has offered the IdentityIQ product for industry-leading identity theft protection and credit report monitoring. IdentityIQ services are not a scam. The post Is IdentityIQ a Scam? IdentityIQ. BestCompany has rated IdentityIQ identity theft protection No.

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