Tag: fraud

Love hurts: Online dating scams are Australia’s top financial fraud

May 19, 2015

Australians were scammed out of around AUS$82 million (US$66 million) during 2014, with online dating fraud accounting for the biggest losses, reports Phys.org. The figures courtesy of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) show that more than 91,000 scam complaints were received last year, with one in ten victims tricked out of more than AUS$10,000 (US$8,000). … More Love hurts: Online dating scams are Australia’s top financial fraud

Rebuild Iraq fraud email targeting Irish business

March 16, 2015

ESET Ireland warns Irish businesses not to fall for this variation of a fraud email, pretending to come from Iraqi-Asian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, inviting their company to join in the rebuilding of war-torn Iraq after years of US occupation. The full message, targetting Irish business email adresses, reads as follows: The interesting addition … More Rebuild Iraq fraud email targeting Irish business

Fraudulent “Notice of Tax Return” spamming Irish mailboxes

January 2, 2014

In the recent days ESET Ireland has detected an increased spam run of a fraudulent “Notice of Tax Return” purporting to come from Irish Tax and Customs. A large percentage of Irish email addresses has been targeted with a “Notice of Tax Return” spam in the last days of 2013. The full email reads: Dear … More Fraudulent “Notice of Tax Return” spamming Irish mailboxes

More Irish banks’ names abused in email scams

October 15, 2012

After the recent spams that were using AIB’s name to scam victims into disclosing their login information and security codes, we’re now receiving similar scams, abusing the names of Permanent TSB and Ulster bank. Even though one could think Ireland would not be a prime target on the global cybercrime map, the many scams targetting … More More Irish banks’ names abused in email scams

DoneDeal’s security advice for online buyers and sellers

October 11, 2012

The people responsible for online safety at DoneDeal read our yesterday’s story about Scammers looking for victims on DoneDeal.ie and sent us some of their security advice for buyers and sellers. In our opinion that shows commitment on behalf of the company towards the safety of their customers, so we’re happy to back their efforts … More DoneDeal’s security advice for online buyers and sellers