Tag: scam
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Unpacking an extortion scam
I have zero patience or compassion for people who spend their time scamming others. I usually ignore the multiple scam attempts that find their way to my inbox (or more usually spam folder), but I wanted to highlight this one to show just how inept it often is, and just how many red flags it…
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Anatomy of a web-era business register scam
About three months ago, I got a ticket in which the sender claimed that a registration was about to expire. The subject line said %domainname” Expiration, and the contents looked like this: There were a plethora of links to payment sites, so that we could pay for this service. If you’re unfamiliar with a) the…