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Who’s Behind the ‘Web Listings’ Mail Scam?

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The story concluded that this dubious service had been scamming people and companies for more than a decade, and promised a Part II to explore who was behind Web Listings. has posts dating back to 2010, and points to even more Web Listings domains, including weblistingsinc.org. Image: Better Business Bureau. as a business partner.

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The Olympics: a timeline of scams, hacks, and malware

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2010 Vancouver. In terms of actual attacks which took place, we see the rise of mobile as a way in for Olympics scams. Email spam promising free airline tickets to see the games is a timeless social media scam also repackaged for this sporting event. Here, you’d get nothing but survey scams. What a combo!

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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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An 18 year scam odyssey of stranded astronauts

Malwarebytes

There is a semi-mythical scam which comes around every couple of years, like some sort of digital bad luck version of Halley’s Comet. While I’m not aware of someone having lost money to this scam previously, it struck gold in 2022. 2010: Still hitching a ride. Did I mention the arrow is in space? 2004: First contact.

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No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

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com , a malware-based proxy network that has been in existence since at least 2010. Cached versions of the site show that in 2010 the software which powers the network was produced with a copyright of “ Escort Software.” Among the more frequently recommended alternatives to 911 is SocksEscort[.]com SocksEscort[.]com

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Who is Tech Investor John Bernard?

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As noted in last week’s story, the beauty of a scam like the one multiple investment brokers said was being run by Mr. Bernard is that companies bilked by small-time investment schemes rarely pursue legal action, mainly because the legal fees involved can quickly surpass the losses. news report from 2015.

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

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In March 2010, Aqua would divulge in an encrypted chat that his crew was working directly with the Zeus author (Slavik/Lucky12345), but that they found him abrasive and difficult to tolerate: dimka: I read about the king of seas, was it your handy work? . 2010 Criminal complaint vs. Yukabets, et. Besides us no one reads his column .