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  • Identifying Hoaxes and Urban Legends
    Look for the telltale signs
    Chain letters are familiar to anyone with an email account, whether they are sent by strangers or by well-intentioned friends or family members. Try to verify the information before following any instructions or passing the message along.
  • Professional Data Recovery for PCs
    OTC software solutions often fail
    Everyone has either heard of, or even experienced first hand, the damage sustained by personal computers from computer viruses infecting the system and hackers breaking in and gathering private data. The amount of personal and often critical data that is lost or stolen by identity thieves is just the beginning.
  • Social Network Users Give Out Too Much Information
    Consumer Reports: "7 Things to Stop Doing Now on Facebook"
    Despite warnings, people are still posting personal information on social network sites, according to the results of the 2010 Consumer Reports State of the Net survey, which were published in June.
  • Gift Cards on Facebook Sound Too Good to Be True?
    Scammers have been busy at social media site
    It’s tough enough for some of us to wind our way through Facebook. But when gift card offers start popping up on your “wall,” well, what’s an unskilled user to do?
  • Rental Scams Affect Tenants and Landlords
    IC3 reports complaints from online classified ads
    Looking for rental property or real estate online? The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) continues to receive complaints from both tenants and landlords who have fallen victim to scams involving rentals of apartments and houses.
  • Facebook Users: Be Alert for Phony Email
    Attachment will give you a virus
    It’s happened before, and it’s back again, so if you have a Facebook account, you’ll want to take note. If you get an email that appears to be from Facebook and says the company has reset your password so you need to open an attachment, delete it!
  • No Dog in This Fight
    Scammers cite the CDC to make pet adoption seem real
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that scammers advertising phony animal adoptions are falsely representing themselves as CDC employees in emails to U.S. citizens.
  • Investigation Shines Light on Datapass Marketing
    Online purchases often include sales pitch for cash rewards
    According to Senator Jay Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate’s Commerce Committee, “. . . some very sophisticated online businesses are tricking you into signing up for useless ‘membership clubs.’”
  • Is Your Free Trial a ‘Negative Option’ Trick?
    Visa joins in punishing deceptive marketing practices
    According to a survey by Visa, 29% of American consumers have fallen victim to deceptive marketing when online merchants require them to cancel or opt out of a recurring charge for future products or services.
  • Tutors Beware: Clients Aren’t Always Who They Seem
    Various scams are targeting tutors
    The July 29 issue of ScamBusters focused on the subject of tutor scams on Craigslist, something we hadn’t heard of but turns out is in full swing right now.
  • Twitter’s Been Busy Cleaning Up After Scams
    The latest one concerns money-making schemes
    The honeymoon’s over for Twitter. It has spent much of the year dealing with viruses, phishing attacks, spam, and other scams that are already old hat elsewhere.
  • There’s No Protection from These Craigslist Sellers
    Buyers tricked by supposed BBB connection
    If you buy items from Craigslist, you need to be aware of this scam. Better Business Bureaus are receiving reports about sellers claiming that they participate in a “BBB Purchase Protection Program.”
  • How Online Social Networks Are Redefining Privacy and Personal Security
    Leaving "friendprints"
    A generation is growing up casually posting accounts of their lives for their friends—and the world—to see on social networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace. The information provides opportunities not only for legitimate businesses, but also for identity thieves and other predators.
  • Facebook a Popular Target for Viruses
    Your best protection is plain old common sense
    In the first week of March alone, the social networking site had five different security threats.
  • Flurry of Spam Targeting the Federal Bureau of Investigation
    Consumers continue to be inundated by spam purportedly from the FBI. Many of the spam emails claim to be an "official order" from the FBI informing recipients they have been named the beneficiary of millions of dollars. 
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