Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2024

In 2006, Kidan was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to defrauding lenders along with Jack Abramoff , the disgraced lobbyist whose corruption became a symbol of the excesses of Washington influence peddling. ” The phishing lure attached to the thread hijacking email from Mr. Kidan.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

2006 Turin. 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! 2016 Rio de Janeiro.

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Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 17, 2021

In any case, the law should be updated to reflect the prices of 2021, rather than those of 1970 or 2006. (I I am also not convinced that the AML Act sufficiently addresses money laundering via cryptocurrencies – but that is a topic for another time…).

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

” The government says from 2006 until the service’s takedown, Liberty Reserve processed an estimated 55 million financial transactions worth more than $6 billion, with more than 600,000 accounts associated with users in the United States alone.

Identity Theft 223

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It’s been around since 2006, and has millions of users. What tactics are used to scam Roblox users? We covered one such scam last year. Not everything is scam central; some of it is just weird, or baffling. If so, you’ll have experienced howls of outrage for a few days in October when the entire system came crashing down.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The current website for Saim Raza’s Fud Tools (above) offers phishing templates or “scam pages” for a variety of popular online sites like Office365 and Dropbox. Also we are running business since 2006.” One of several current Fudtools sites run by The Manipulaters. Image: Facebook.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

com was legitimate or a scam. He concluded it was a scam based on several factors, including that the website listed multiple other names (suggesting it had recently switched names), and that he got nothing from the transaction with the job site. “But it’s really just a smoke and mirrors game.

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