Man loses US$35,000 in “marinaded money” scam

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 12 May, 2008 to the comment subset

Man loses US$35,000 in “marinaded money” scam
The Nigerian email scam has been superceded by the, wait for it, marinaded money scam, being run by a French con-artist who is based in Norway.
The victim of the con, who was not identified, was reportedly told by the Frenchman to leave a mixture of real cash with blank [...]

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Is internet banking safe?

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 14 December, 2007 to the comment subset

Is internet banking safe?
This is a longer article, but well worth the time, especially when you read a paragraph like this:
A recent survey commissioned by eBay showed that a staggering 93 per cent of Australian internet users don’t know what phishing is, with 72 per cent of us engaging in online behaviour that puts us [...]

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Behind the Alicia Keys MySpace Scam

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 15 November, 2007 to the comment subset

Behind the Alicia Keys MySpace Scam
You might want to take a closer look at your MySpace “friends” and perhaps consider parting ways with those you’ve never met, or had any sort of association with outside of MySpace, if the Alicia Keys incident is anything to by.
Some visitors to her MySpace page ended up with far [...]

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