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Is someone REALLY saying nasty things about you on Twitter?
Tweet Well, they might be, but if you get a Direct Message (DM) telling you about it, it’s probably a [...]
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Lottery scam targets deaf community
Tweet At Scam Detectives HQ we often ask ourselves just how low scammers will go before they truly hit the [...]
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Anatomy of a scam – The “Stranded Traveller”
Tweet At Scam Detectives HQ we’re always keen to help a friend in trouble. If they really are in trouble [...]
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VERY convincing virus email/invoice from “YesAsia.com”
Tweet Another very clever social engineering scam attempting to trick you into downloading a virus to your computer. You’ll see [...]
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Social networks – harmless fun or harmful to your business?
Tweet Last month security firm RSA revealed that their systems had been hacked and highly sensitive data relating to their [...]
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A “Giant leap backwards” in online security from MBNA
Tweet Credit card issuer MBNA has today sent out emails to it’s customers launching it’s improved Card Services website. We’re [...]
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Lottery scammers targeting mobile phone users
Tweet We received an email from a Scam Detectives reader this morning warning mobile phone users to be on the [...]
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Another Twitter Phishing email
Tweet We received an email at Scam-Detectives HQ this morning from “Twitter Support”, telling us that we have 3 unread [...]
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Scam Detectives Investigates – Domain Name Scams
Tweet I just got off the phone with a scammer. Yes, another one. What were they trying to sell me? [...]
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Scammers get smarter every day – Scam emails get personal
Tweet We were very concerned this morning at Scam Detectives HQ when we received another round of “Facebook Password Confirmation” [...]
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