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Man charged with iPod email hoax

A man has been charged with an attempted denial of service attack on Cambridgeshire police Read more

9 December, 2003 by Jo Best

Scottish law firm hit by malicious email hoax

Police and ISPs are investigating an email - set up to look like it was from a senior Scottish lawyer - that offers to 'screw the opposition to the wall' Read more

7 March, 2003 by Tony Hallett

Another PayPal email hoax does the rounds

"We are undertaking a period review of our member accounts" - yeah, right Read more

24 June, 2003 by ZDNet Australia Staff

Email hoax prompts GMX weekend blackout

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27 March, 2000 by Polly Raymond
Why scammers find rich pickings on Facebook

Why scammers find rich pickings on Facebook

...trust with one of the oldest online tricks in the book — the email hoax that claims Bill Gates and AOL have teamed up to give... Read more

3 March, 2009 by Mary Landesman

Man charged in DEC hacking affair

...genuine ones. Another UK man was jailed for six months after his email hoax informed families searching for relatives missing in the midst of the... Read more

11 February, 2005 by Andy McCue

'Private photos' worm could launch DoS attack

...a gaming enthusiast site that has been the subject of a persistent email hoax. Schmugar said one of the more unusual aspects of the worm... Read more

3 November, 2003 by David Becker

MSN: Hotmail 'forwarding' message a hoax

...contact our member base, we'll do so directly; unlike this recent email hoax, which relies on customers forwarding the mail," he told In.Tech... Read more

23 August, 2001 by Ravind Ramesh

Don't panic over Virtual Card virus alert

...it and do not pass it on as this is how an email hoax propagates," the company adds. Take me to the Virus Workshop The... Read more

27 April, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Safeway investigates security after bogus emails

...they didn't like the rises. According to a Safeway spokeswoman, the email hoax was sent out on Friday to "less than three thousand" of... Read more

14 August, 2000 by Will Knight

Mobile phone virus hoax on the loose

A new email hoax has appeared, preying on fears over mobile phone security, anti-virus... Read more

23 June, 2000 by Will Knight

Y2K hoax a 'serious issue', says Microsoft

Another year 2000 email hoax is circulating the Internet, and it is being described by Microsoft... Read more

17 September, 1999 by Grant Dubois

Tsunami charity website hack ? UK man charged

...genuine ones. Another UK man was jailed for six months after his email hoax informed families searching for relatives missing in the midst of the... Read more

11 February, 2005 by Andy McCue

The Barclays email scam - boos and cheers, sort of...

...users should now be savvy to the tell-tale signs of an email hoax - the shoddy presentation and spelling, unreasonable requests and not-quite-right... Read more

15 September, 2003 by silicon.com staff

Hoax virus warnings and spam scams: The top 10

Here's what's been fooling email users this summer... Read more

20 September, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

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