Steer clear of fake premium mobile app unlockers

A site has been bouncing around YouTube comments for the past couple of weeks. The site sometimes changes, the messages alter slightly, but the essence remains the same: In all cases, people acting in suspiciously automated fashion ask if everyone is using this "glitch" or generator without ever...

Scammers Hop On Social Media Darling Pinterest

If the folks behind the photo sharing Web site Pinterest were looking for some validation that their fledgelings social media site had “arrived,” they got it this weekend, after scammers jumped on the site and used it to direct Pinterest users to survey scam Web sites. Trend Micro researchers...

Shocking Winehouse Death Videos Linked to Scams

Scammers wasted little time generating campaigns to exploit the untimely death of troubled pop-diva, Amy Winehouse. Anti malware experts have identified at least five separate scams attempting to exploit the event, promising videos of Winehouse shortly before her death.The scams include Facebook...

New Survey Scams In Apple's iTunes Social Network

Spammers have been quick off the mark in exploiting Apple’s new iTunes social network to punt survey scams. Read the full article. The Register...

Survey Scam Offers False Shelter From Surveys

Scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams. Naturally, you first have to fill in a survey to install the script, which is punted through Userscriptsdotorg. Read the full article. The Register...