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1). Phishing And Fraud – What Is It?
Phishing is a very sneaky type of fraud conducted over the Internet. Its name is a throw back to the early days of hacking and identity theft and the practice of phone phreaking. While there can be very complicated schemes devised, they are all based on a very simple concept.
Phishers try to persuade you, or trick you into giving them sensitive information which they can then use to make money out of the system.
Article tags: credit, cards, phishing, fraud, numbers, email, protect, online, abude, crime, criminal
2). Credit Card Faq - Credit Card Security And Authentication
With the ever rising reports of credit card fraud, fraudulent use, internet phishing and identity theft, people are rightly concerned about credit card security. Fraudulent credit card use can be an annoyance at best, and seriously damage your credit at worst. It's only reasonable that people have questions about credit card security and authentication methods.
Article tags: credit cards, internet, online, security, fraud, phishing, safe, purchase, buy, best
3). How to Protect Yourself While Internet Banking
There is no doubt about the fact that identity theft is on the increase. More and more people are losing their identities and money each year due to the efforts of a select few individuals who know how to use the Internet to their advantage.
Article tags: banking, internet, online, protect, fraud, spam, emails, phishing, identity, theft, increase, crime
4). How To Tighten Up Your Email Security
These days email is a necessary part of communication. However, this also means that email is one of the most popular ways for a virus to infect your computer. You need to protect yourself from the threat of fraud and infection.
Viruses
Email attachments often contain viruses so you need to be careful whenever you open any type of attachment even if you know the sender.
Article tags: spam, antispam, spam blocker, phishing, email security, internet security, pc security
5). The Top Twelve Threats No Computer User Should Ignore by Kai Chandler
The Top Twelve Threats No Computer User Should Ignore
The internet is undoubtedly a fantastic resource for
families and offers a rich vein of educational content.
However, there are potential dangers - welcome to the
seedy world of viruses, spam, trojans, pornography, spyware
and other nasties.
Here are the Top Twelve Threats No Computer User Should
Ignore:
1.
Article tags: internet, threats, virus, viruses, spyware, spoofing, trojan, spam, adware, diallers, hijackers, hackers, phishing, hoaxes, stranger-danger, anti-virus, anti-spyware, malware, anti-spam, parental, filter, family, protect, parent, parental
6). Phishing Is Fraud
Phishing is a very sneaky type of fraud conducted over the Internet. Its name is a throw back to the early days of hacking and identity theft and the practice of phone phreaking. While there can be very complicated schemes devised, they are all based on a very simple concept.
Phishers try to persuade you, or trick you into giving them sensitive information which they can then use to make money out of the system.
Article tags: credit, cards, phishing, fraud, numbers, email, protect, online, abude, crime, criminal
7). How To Avoid Phishing Scams
In today’s world the Internet is becoming as common as sliced bread. Most people use it to send e-mails, browse for information, carry out banking transactions, and shop. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that some people are embracing the technology for less-than-kosher purposes. Phishing scams in particular are a major concern. Luckily, if you want to avoid becoming the next victim of identity theft, there are ways to protect yourself from harm.
Article tags: avoid, phishing, scams, free web browsers, internet
8). Why Do People Fall Victim To Phishing?
Phishers are often able to fool people using a few simple psychological tricks. Recognise what they are and you'll be far less likely to fall victim yourself.
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9). Tax Season – Time for Scams
As tax season draws irresistibly closer, the scam artists are polishing their latest techniques. This article should help you keep an eye out for these nasty individuals.
Tax Season – Time for Scams
In a particularly cheeky move, scam artists have started posing in on form or another as the IRS in an effort to get you to turn over social security numbers and such.
Article tags: tax, taxes, scams, identity theft, irs, phishing, scam artists, email, spam, taxpayer
10). A Letter to Santa From An Internet Marketer
Yo, Santa! How’s it going in the great white north? Seeing as it tis’ the season, here is my letter about what I want for Christmas.
Been Good
Santa, I know you do that whole good versus bad thing. I promise I’ve been a good internet marketer this year. I haven’t spammed the search engines with mirror sites, link farm purchases or little tricks to tweak your friends at Google.
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11). Phishing with a Net
When geeks gave us the Internet and the means to use it, they also gave us a new segment of vocabulary ...
I've often thought it a shame that a few of them didn't make their way to a campus literature or marketing department and see if a student of poetry or sizzle could assist them in assigning names to their innovations. For example, did the manual cursor operator have to be called a 'mouse?'
Geeks have overtaken sports-speakers when it comes to coining bad phrases.
Article tags: phishing, hacking, cracking, internet scams, internet fraud, spyware, computer security, cyberiter
12). Tax Refund Email Scam – IRS Warning
The IRS has issued a warning regarding a phishing email scam. The scam claims you are due a tax refund, but is really designed to obtain your personal information.
Tax Refund Email Scam
Phishing scams are designed to swindle you into providing private information that can be used to your detriment. This information typically includes things like credit card numbers, social security numbers, bank accounts and so on.
Article tags: tax refund, scam, irs warning, email scam, phishing, identity theft, social security number
13). 2006 List of Tax Scams Released by IRS
Every year, the IRS issues a list of tax scams. The goal is to alert taxpayers to the lack of merit of certain strategies as well as letting everyone know the IRS will not accept them.
2006 Scams
The IRS has kicked out its annual list of highly dubious tax scams for 2006. Promoters often make these strategies sound credible, but they simply aren’t.
Article tags: scams, tax, phishing, irs, identity theft
14). Phishing – It’s Signs and Your Options
Phishing is the act of some individual sending an email to a user in an attempt to scam the user to release personal information. Is it easy to determine if it’s a scam? Sometimes – but not always. I hope to give you enough examples and information to help you to safeguard yourself from these unsavory individuals.
In addition, sometimes the email is sent to malicious software so as to render your computer helpless.
Article tags: phishing, scams, spams
15). 4 Things Paypal Users Should Know To Make Their Online Transactions More Secure
Copyright 2006 B Hopkins
Online ecommerce is growing rapidly, and with that is the growing opportunity for fraud and scams. As Internet users, it is our responsibility to take some precautions that will make our online transactions safer.
One area we need to take responsibility for is protecting our online payment information. Online payment providers have come and gone, but one of them, Paypal, has been around for a while and has become the target of scammers.
Article tags: internet business development, paypal, ecommerce, phishing, payment processing, security, email