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FBI: Business Email Compromise Scams Steal $214m in 2014
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 is sounding the alarm on a type of fraud they are calling business email compromise BEC scams. The scheme, formerly known as a man-in-the-email attack, comes in three distinct flavors, each of which is ultimately designed to dupe corporate employees o...
IC3 Releases Alert for a Scam Targeting Businesses
The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released an alert warning companies of a sophisticated wire payment scam dubbed the Business E-mail Compromise. Scammers use fraudulent information to trick companies into directing financial transactions into accounts they control. Users are encouraged...
IC3 Issues Alert on University Employee Payroll Scam
The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has issued an alert addressing a spear phishing scam targeting university employees and their payroll accounts. Scam operators use fraudulent e-mails and websites to entice employees to reveal login credentials. Users are encouraged to review the IC3 Alert...
IC3 Releases “Tech Support” Themed Scam Alert
The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3, a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center NW3C to combat Internet crime, has released a Scam Alert advising the public of an ongoing telephone scam in which callers purport to be an employee of...
Fake FBI Ransomware Targeting OS X Users
The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued an alert yesterday warning users about a strain of ransomware purporting to come from the FBI that is targeting Mac OS X machines. This time, the ransomware isn’t malware at all, but a website that uses JavaScript to load numerous iframes. The webpage...
FBI Warning : New Malware attacking Android smartphones
Users should be aware that Cyber criminals are finding new ways to install malicious software on devices. The latest threat to Android phone users, according to the FBI, is a "work-at-home opportunity that promises a profitable payday just for sending out email." The IC3 has been made aware of...
Reveton Ransomware uses Fake FBI Message to Extort Money
The FBI today warned of Internet-borne malware masquerading as a message from the law enforcement agency that locks computers until the user pays a fine for allegedly downloading and/or distributing illegal content. “We’re getting inundated with complaints,” Donna Gregory of the Internet Crime...
IC3: Internet Crime Up in 2010
Internet crime is on the rise again according to a report recently released by The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3. The organization said last week that it received the second-highest number of complaints in its decade long history in 2010. Released on February 24, the 2010 Internet Crime...
Cyber crime Complaints in US Fell by 10% in 2010 !
The U.S. agency that tracks complaints of criminal activity on the Internet reported Thursday that fewer people complained about Internet fraud in 2010 than in the previous year. The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 runs a Web site where victims can report details of any cyberfraud. It shares...
Online crime complaints hit record high in 2008
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 says complaints of online crime hit a record high in 2008, driven mostly by non-delivery of goods and service and those pesky 419 Nigerian e-mail scams. Accordign to a new report PDF from ic3.gov, the center received a a total of 275,284 complaints, a...
