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Facebook scammers go phishing in chat sessions

Con artists are posing as Facebook security staff in chat sessions, with the... Read more

16 January, 2012 by Elinor Mills
HCG Diet 1

HCG Diet 1

...This app guides you thru the HCG Diet with facts, so that con-artists won't be able to scam you.This app also provides... Read more

27 October, 2011
Drake's Fortune: The Fabulous True Story of the World's Greatest Confidence Artist by Richard Rayner 3.0.2

Drake's Fortune: The Fabulous True Story of the World's Greatest Confidence Artist by Richard Rayner 3.0.2

...gave him more. There are no folk heroes more all-American than con artists. Though we may openly condemn them, deep down we admire their... Read more

20 March, 2011
Scam Buster 1.0

Scam Buster 1.0

...Revealing how scams work so that you can avoid being ripped off.Con Artists are always thinking up new ways to take money from unsuspecting... Read more

20 March, 2011
People Like You & Me by Marge Killilea (Mind, Body & Spirit Collection) 1

People Like You & Me by Marge Killilea (Mind, Body & Spirit Collection) 1

...men, no pushers, no spies, no double-agents, no drug addicts, no con-artists, no bigamists, no pimps, no hijackers, no prostitutes, no mafia, no... Read more

8 October, 2010
Internet Forensics 1.0

Internet Forensics 1.0

...you the skills you need to uncover the origins of the spammers, con artists, and identity thieves that plague the Internet. Targeted primarily at the... Read more

26 August, 2010
Shopping for Bargains 1.0.7

Shopping for Bargains 1.0.7

...say. There are dangers, though, in hunting for the best deals. Online, con-artists and scammers abound. Offline, you have to know what you're... Read more

24 August, 2010

Online crooks exploit WTC disaster

...Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE) and the SpamCon Foundation warned on Wednesday that con artists are concocting online fraud to profit from the gruesome attacks on... Read more

14 September, 2001 by Jim Hu and Rachel Konrad

eBay con artists convicted

Three Londoners who conned £300,000 from unsuspecting eBay users have been sent to prison Read more

31 October, 2005 by Karen Gomm

'Attacks threaten innovation' - Ballmer

...to innovation" and conceded that his company is under attack from "thieves, con artists, terrorists and hackers." In response, the software giant plans to develop... Read more

16 September, 2003 by Ina Fried

Identity thieves strike eBay

...credit card number could have been filched anywhere, the fact remains that con artists are using stolen numbers to set up a growing number of... Read more

22 November, 2002 by Paul Festa

Barclays scam email exploits new IE flaw

Con artists have begun using an address-hiding flaw to trick Barclays' online... Read more

12 January, 2004 by Matthew Broersma

Fraudsters continue to target eBay

...the second time in a fortnight, eBay users have been targeted by con artists attempting to steal credit card information Read more

11 December, 2002 by Reuters
Can Phishing Be Foiled?

Can Phishing Be Foiled?

Phish e-mails are constructed by con artists to look like legitimate communications, often from familiar and reputable companies... Read more

1 December, 2008

Leader: Police must do more to stop phishing

Online con artists won't go away on their own Online scams are nothing... Read more

28 May, 2004 by silicon.com staff

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