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  • 1360261088 Congratulations, smishing SCAM

    I received a text 1360261088 Congratulations, smishing SCAM

    “+1360261088 <Subject: NoSubject>  Congratulations, you are one lucky customer getting a credit applicable to your next month bill, for more details visit //tr.im /ncv2K”

    If you receive this message, do NOT click the link.  If your are concerned then you should contact your cell phone provider.

    How do I report text message spam?

    If you receive spam, follow these steps:

    Forward the message to 7726 (which spells “SPAM” on most phone keypads). Please don’t edit the message or add any comments.

    1. We’ll reply to your message with a text message confirming we’ve received it. We’ll also ask you to send us the number of the original sender.
    2. Send us the phone number of the sender.

    We’ll use this information to help identify who is sending spam and take appropriate action. There’s no charge to report mobile spam. Messages forwarded to 7726 do not count toward your plan. You can also place your number on the Federal Trade Commission’s Do Not Call list at www.donotcall.gov. If you continue to receive spam messages or calls, you may file a complaint with the FTC at the same website.

     

     

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  • bank fraud: BANK OF ENGLAND email scam

    This is a common Nigerian 419 Email scam attempt at bank fraud:

    Subject:BANK OF ENGLAND

    Mrs.Anita More
    Threadneedle St,
    London EC2R 8AH, United Kingdom

    Be inform that we have also received payment notification from the Federal Reserve Bank  of New York that you are the administrator of the FUND in our bank which has to be release via bank to bank processing. Immediately you meet all the payment procedure. Also bear in mind that the bank have no mandate to deduct any sum from the fund as instruction on the payment advised sent to us indicated that the adminisrator fund shall be transfer in full without any deduction.

    However, you are advised to send us your information to enable us forward it to the verification department of the bank to carry out their verification process and submit recommendation for the release of your fund.

    Awaiting your prompt compliance to enable us serve you better.

    Yours Sincerely

    Foreign Operations
    Bank of England

  • phishing scams: T-mobile smishing

    Phishing scams: T-mobile also called as Smishing

    written by yuri

    On march 20, 2015 at 10:58 am, I received a text message saying that I am “one lucky customer”.  The message was sent to many others from +(828)200-0119. I immediately clicked it.  The link took me to what looked like a T-mobile page asking me to log in with my phone number, password and last 4 digits of my social security number.

    I thought this was not unusual but it turns out that this was not a legit website.  After hitting log in, it did not sign me in.  It sent me the same text message again so I got a  little confused.  After a few minutes I realized something is seriously wrong.  I thought ”oh my god, this might not be a real website. phishing scamsSo i immediately asked my husband who is an IT guy.  He told me to never click on random links sent via email and never log in to any link that does not look real.  I was devastated knowing that I had almost put our T-mobile account at risk.  I did not know that these types of scams exist.

    We changed all my actual T-mobile account information.

    We did research on the actual t-mobile website on my laptop to check if there were people who had experienced the same thing. The site shared informations about “smishing” and where to report the incident if you think you got scammed. http://www.t-mobile.com/Company/PrivacyResources.aspx?tp=Abt_Tab_PhishingSMishing&tsp=Abt_Sub_IdentityTheft_SMiShing

    You can also report the spam to t-mobile support .https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2747

    +(828)200-0119. This is the number of the sender. I searched it in google and found out it is from China .phishing scams

     

    “congratulations, you are one lucky customer getting credit applicable to your next month bill, for more detail vist https://tr.im/15585”

    If you get this message or something similar do NOT click the link.  If you do click the link and put in your information, you will need to go to your actual T-Mobile site and change all your password.  Contact T-Mobile and tell them what is going on.

  • Phishing scams International Monetary Fund IMF

    Phishing scams International Monetary Fund IMF submitted by User:

    This Phishing attempt is accompanied by attachment: “25299_IMF_Official”

    Which does not seem to have any macro malware according to VirusTotal

    From: info@armtechindia.com [mailto:info@armtechindia.com]
    Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 2:46 AM
    To: rbi_transfer_departmnt@outlook.com
    Subject: Outstanding Depts (Released).
    Importance: High

     

     

    This message and any enclosures are intended only for the addressee. Please
    notify the sender by email if you are not the intended recipient. If you are
    not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy, disclose, or distribute this
    message or its contents or enclosures to any other person and any such actions
    may be unlawful. Ball reserves the right to monitor and review all messages
    and enclosures sent to or from this email address.

    Attempt to get information 25299_IMF_Official:

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has come to notice that you are among the unsettled Fund Transactions long time ago. The (IMF) have directed all individual/Organizations who for one reason or the other did not receive their Transaction Fund in their home of origin or bank account, Your Amount is now available with The Foreign Exchange Department Reserve Bank of India New Delhi.

    To channel your reports, please kindly send to us:

    1, Your Full Names:

    2, Sex:

    3, Date of Birth:

    4, Contact Mobile Numbers:

    5, Your Email address:

    6, Your Full House Address:

    And reconfirm us with your batch No.”2277’’ to the below Email ID: rbiforeignexchange@workmail.com

    Contact Persons: Mr. Michael Morrison

    Mrs. Pinto Mishra

    (Transfer Officer)

    Email: rbiforeignexchange@workmail.com

    Thanks

    Frank VIC

    IMF USA

  • Financial Scams : Capital One

    Beware: This is a financial scams that has been around for a while.

    Subject: FW: Account Alert: IMPORTANT Notification, Action Required

    An apparent fishing attempt…

    From: Capital One [mailto:CapitalOneRetailServices@ebusiness.partnercardservices.com]

    Subject: Account Alert: IMPORTANT Notification, Action Required

    financial-scams

    Account Alert: Service Validation.

    Dear Valued Holder,

    As requested, We’re writing to make sure you’re aware of a NEW change in security procedure for all account holders.Your profile and billing information needs to be validated.

    Kindly follow the ONE-TIME action below in order to opt with our recent security improvement. By passing back and forth private information that only you and us know, you can feel even more secure with your online access experience. We recognize you and you recognize us.

    ONE TIME ACTION: 
    To continue, we have sent you an attached HTML Web Page.

    See e-mail attachedweb page
    Download and save it
    Open the attached web page
    Get started by confirming your informations

    Sincerely,
    Online Customer Center.
    ACCOUNT RELATED QUESTIONS
    Do not reply to this message with Account-related questions. If you wish to submit a question, please contact us at capitalone.com/contactus.Capital One
    P.O. Box 5226
    Carol Stream, IL 60197-5226
    © 2014 Capital OnePrivacy and Security  |   Terms of Use and Link Policy

  • Happy st Patricks day **SCAM**

    from elamb Reader:

    **SCAM**The first email I have opened for my St. Patrick’s day morning.

    From: Kristina Bondesson
    Posted: March 17, 2015 13:38
    To: Kristina Bondesson
    Thread: Goodday
    This Email ID have been choose and Makes You lucky of 1,000,000.00 into the NOKIA UK. Send Name: / Address: / Tel No. To (tomwestmiller@nokiamail.com)

  • Telus phishing mail

    From elamb.org – reader

    I received a suspicious email last February 20,2015.

    This was the email address  : Shannon Micah <micahe4@telus.com> .
     Content:
    We are a  specialized agency in (Global) Customer  Service  Research.
    We are starting a big research project in the USA.There is no charge to join us and this project takes place every month. You will get Usd 2OO per each assignment.
    Payment check will be a certain amount that you will be required to cash your bank, deduct your wages then have the rest used for evaluation.- DESCRIPTI0NS_______
    * You will be assigned to visit a shop.
    * You will then finish an on-line questionnaire to share with us your customer experience.- REQUIREMENTS_______
    * 19 Years old or above.
    * Can speak the local language well.
    * Can read and write English.Give me your i.n.f.o for register.FullN.a.m.e,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    Phys. A.d.d.r.e.s.s,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    G`E`n`DeR&Ag’E,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    O-c-c-u-p-p-a-t-i-o-n_
    Z.i.p&C.i.t.y_
    P.h.o.n.e_
    STATE_,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,====MSeVALUAT0r======

  • ps4 error SU-34311-2

    My recently purchased PlayStation 4 is not booting into the operating system.  Instead, it prompts me to update the software to 2.3.  When I try to update the the ps4, it gives me an error:  ps4 error SU-34311-2

    I could not get in contact with Sony PlayStation (maybe due to the HUGE hack that just hit them -2014).  So I decided to take it back to Walmart.  The moral of this story is to GET the WARRANTY!

    ps4 storage error
    ps4 storage error

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    ps4 error SU-34311-2
    ps4 error SU-34311-2

  • SCAM * Your Asset Funds Code jp morgan chase bank (LN2932K12CP)

    Here is a scam I received today:

    FROM THE JP MORGAN CHASE BANK (JP Morgan Chase Bank <info@fbi.gov>)
    Winchester Virginia United States
     
    Attn:
     
    We have been informed this day by the concern authority to have your (FUNDS) release process completed otherwise, the funds will be declared unserviceable by the bank and consequently, it’s confiscation.
     
    The time frame is very short and technically, bank transfer is the fastest means of getting this done, so we have reverted to status qua.
     
    Mandate has been issued to a commission namely UNCLAIMED ASSET/ASSETS RE-UNITED, USA here in the UNITED STATES to effect this payment to you using it’s traditional banking procedure, VIA WIRE TRANSFER and you are to contact the Executive director of JP MORGAN CHASE BANK  for the release of the funds to be transferred into your nominated bank account, and here is the contact information below.
     
    Executive Director JP MORGAN CHASE BANK
    Timothy P. Flynn
    Contact Address: 270 North Avenue New Rochelle
    NY  10801 United States.
    contact Email:( flynn-dept@usa.com )
    private Email: ( timothypflynn204@gmail.com )
     
    If you are receiving this notification for the first (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) which is on your name, can only be paid upon our receipt of your beneficiary identification security transfer CODE which is (LN2932K12CP) for clearance of the funds. Send it immediately to us for instant accreditation of your proceeds into your account as listed below.
     
    1) Your full name:
    2) Phone, fax and mobile:
    3) Address :
    4) Profession:
    5) Age:
    6) Marital status:
    7) Copy of your any valid ID card:
     
    Ensure you contact Timothy P. Flynn with all your Full contact details regarding of your Funds and get back to us for more information.
     
    NB. THIS TRANSACTION IS BEING MONITORED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO GUARDS US FOR INTERNET IMPOSTOR AND AWARE OF SCAM..
     
    Thanks.
     
    Garry Fisher
    Re-United Asset Manager
    JP MORGAN CHASE BANK
     

     

  • information systems security salary

    information systems security salary
    information systems security salary

    Information system security salary is usually above average within the IT career field, but what salary you get will vary.  The main factors affecting information systems security salary are experience level, title/position, credentials.

    Also, the term “information systems security” is very broad.  As information technology has gotten more complex and diverse, it has broken into sub-specializations within specializations.  For example, within information system security there are engineers, analysts, information system security officers, information system security managers, architects and many others.

    The words “engineer”, “analyst”, “specialist” and others are thrown around a lot, but can really mean anything as far as what you end up doing so its best to look at the description of the position and talk to those doing the hiring.  Information system security managers have the potential for the highest amount.  For engineers and analysts it depends on the complexity of the work.  Architects can sometimes make as much or more than even a manager.  An information system security architect knows so many aspects of technology, that they usually are in charge of the security vision of an organization or business unit.

    So to figure out the salary of an information system security professional you will really have to know the specifics of the job.

    One of the best places to go to look up salaries of a position is Glassdoor.com and salary.com.  Glassdoor is an incredible site featuring anonymous people that give information on their pay, the environment, the interview process and ratings of the company.

    example of information systems security salary:

    http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/information-systems-security-officer-salary-SRCH_KO0,36.htm