Liberty Reserve phishing email scam
May 25, 2009
It’s been a long time since we wrote about examples of phishing emails we have been receiving. We are sharing another one we received yesterday. Be warned! Don’t visit the fake site so you won’t be a victim.
The Liberty Reserve Phishing Email
From: no_reply@libertyreserve.com <no_reply@libertyreserve.com>
Date: Sun, May 24, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Subject: You have received a transfer in your Liberty Reserve account
Dear Liberty Reserve member,
You have been sent a transfer of 1392 USD from Liberty Reserve account U3983977. However, in accordance to our newly modified Security Policy, valid from today, 24th May 2009, you are required to confirm your identity before you can receive transfer spends of a sum over 1000 USD. This is done to further strenghten the safety of our members and minimize the possibility of a fraudulent transaction.
Alex Laguilles, Sulit.com.ph and the hacking incident
March 2, 2009
Back in November 2008, popular local classified ads site Sulit.com.ph was hacked. Members accessing the site then were surprised that they were instead seeing a parked domain. Rumors abound that whoever owns that Sedo account must have earned a lot because the thousands of visitors of Sulit were redirected to that Sedo-parked site.
Last week, the company in charge of .ph domains in the country — aptly named DotPH — published on their site the results of their investigation about the Sulit.com.ph hacking incident.
In that juicy article reminiscent of ABS-CBN’s show SOCO: Scene of the Crime Operatives, DotPH identified the culprit as Alex Laguilles, a Legaspi City, Albay resident.
Phishing email: Your question from an eBay member
March 2, 2009
Just a few days after I wrote about eBay scams and scammers, I received an email purportedly from eBay which obviously was a fake email intended on getting my personal information.
How did I know it was fake?
Download Internet Explorer 7.0 spyware threat
August 21, 2008
Last week I received an email supposedly from admin@microsoft.com instructing me to upgrade to Internet Explorer 7.0, the latest update to Microsoft’s browser.
If I didn’t know better, I would have automatically clicked on the download link. Instantly, then, I would have made myself a victim of a spyware threat.
Below is a copy of that malicious IE7 email.
Security Warning email from Google
July 27, 2008
Yesterday I received a “Security Warning” email supposedly from Google and I must say that if I didn’t know better, I would have been the next victim of this phishing scam.
Here’s a copy of the email.
Identity theft company’s TV ad backfires
May 24, 2008
In the TV ads promoting his company’s service, the CEO of an identity fraud prevention agency in the US brandished his Social Security Number and dared everyone to try to steal his identity. Now, he himself has become a victim of identity theft.
(Sample TV ad of identity theft protection company LifeLock showing CEO Todd Davis making the dare can be seen below.)
The TV stunt resulted to more than 87 instances of people trying to steal his identity and Davis’ Social Security Number was used at least 20 times by other people applying for a driver’s license.
One guy in Texas eventually succeeded. He was able to get $500 from an online loan company after using the Social Security Number advertised on TV.
More phishing emails from fake PayPal and eBay
April 30, 2008
Here are some more examples of phishing emails, this time supposedly sent by PayPal and eBay.
It is our hope that our series on Phishing Emails will help you easily identify a fake email from the real one. So next time you see a phishing email, just hit the “Spam” or “Report Phishing Message” on your inbox.
Phishing email from fake UNICEF
April 28, 2008
We hope that our series on Phishing Emails have helped you identify fake emails and prevented you from becoming one of their victims.
You probably know by now that phishing emails, also known as fake or spoof emails, are used to direct recipients to a fraudulent website where they are asked to provide personal information. This information is then used for identity theft.
Below you’ll find another addition to our growing list of actual phishing emails we have recently received.
‘Your eBay Account Has Been Suspended’
April 22, 2008
A few minutes ago, I cleaned up my inbox and found the following warning email from “eBay” threatening me that my “eBay account has been suspended.”
Phishing email, fake website: e-buiilon.com
February 7, 2008
In the tradition of fake Paypal, eGold, E*Trade, Gmail, and YouTube emails designed to steal your personal information, here comes another phishing email that attempts to deceive you into logging to a fake website so it can hack your e-Bullion funds.
The well-designed email comes complete with the logo of online currency e-Bullion.com and a header image that ironically announces, “Eliminate Risks & Fraud.”
