Scams

…human affection for animals is increasingly an open-arms invitation for pet scams. Animal lovers are easy prey for crooks. Our love, especially for four-legged pals, can be so intense that we fail to spot the scam when it’s pulled.
This week we’ve compiled a list of the 7 most common pet scams currently doing the rounds. [...]

The Drill of It All
Did you know that oil companies are already sitting on 68 million acres of leases that they aren’t even drilling? Which kind of makes you wonder: Why are Big Oil and its allies suddenly desperate to get their hands on the last few places that are still protected — our natural [...]

TechCrunch informs us of a dirty little trick NS has come up with to revive its flagging domains sales.  [Opinion: it sucks]
As of Tuesday, if a user does a search on the site for a domain name,Network Solution immediately registers the domain in their own name. Ifthe user then goes to a discount registrar to [...]

I received this email today. Every link on the page except for the link to view the card is a genuine link to the Hallmark site. The viewing link is to an executable file. I didn’t take it any farther than that. You may also notice that “recieved” is misspelled twice. [...]

Researchers from Google have documented serious vulnerabilities in
Adobe Flash content which leave tens of thousands of websites
susceptible to attacks that steal the personal details of visitors. …
One reason for the sheer volume of vulnerable applets: SWF files generated by six of the more popular content development tools automatically contain the bugs, according to the book. [...]

Security researchers have identified a Trojan that hijacks Google text advertisements, replacing them with “ads” from a different provider that are likely to be laced with spyware.
The Qhost-WU modifies an infected computer’s hosts file, thereby poisoning systems with bogus DNS lookup records. The hosts file matches domain names of websites with corresponding IP addresses. By [...]

4. Prospect Fundraising

3. Police and Firefighter Charities

2. The Email Charity Scam

1. The Donate A Car Deal

Four Charity Scams to Avoid

nbsp;SCAMBUSTERS.org offers the following:
As the Christmas shopping season shifts into high gear, take time to think carefully before making your purchases and any charitable donations.
Although scammers are always prowling for victims with the following scams, consumers are especially vulnerable during the holidays. With so much to do, many otherwise cautious people let their guards down.
Con [...]

Expanded use of biofuels could cut global warming pollution, enhance our energy security, and strengthen local economies, but a new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that not all biofuels are created equal. Any expansion of alternative fuel production must be accompanied by standards that account for each fuel’s full global warming impact—in [...]

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) late today notified the business community and general public to a “phishing” e-mail circulating to companies that purports to be from the federal agency regarding a harassment complaint. The bogus e-mail contains a Trojan Horse Virus that is likely to harm a recipient’s computer if the [...]

 Somewhere in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second city, a tiny start-up has struck Internet gold. Its dozen-odd employees are barely old enough to recall the demise of the Soviet Union, but industry analysts believe they’re raking in well over $100 million a year from the world’s largest banks, including Wells Fargo and Washington Mutual.
Their two-year rise [...]