Posts Tagged “scam”

Anatomy of an AIB Phishing Email

I’m well used to getting phishing emails for American or internationally known banks but this morning an email supposedly from AIB made it past Gmail’s spam filters. AIB posted an alert a few days ago to watch out for fraudulent emails, but this one appears to be different. I’m forwarding it on to alert@aib.ie The [...]

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The strangest invoice ever

Just moments ago I received the following in an email. Searching for the companies mentioned doesn’t return anything useful or suspicious so I thought I’d post it here in case anyone else got it too. **Electronic Invoice** Date: January 5, 2007 To: From: Massimo Ferranti AllWebCo Delfo Italiana Srl 180 Juniper Avenue Via Varese 9 [...]

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Do not delay – how to spot a fake charity flyer

Update! (2009-10-28) 3 years later and the Do Not Delay website has been updated. Thanks to this comment for pointing it out. Their About the Project page gives a detailed account of what they do in Lithuania: Six years ago, the Lithuanian rate of deaths caused by breast cancer was the highest in Europe. DO [...]

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