I get notifications each day about possible online threats, so I am not sure if this would also be of interest to the members here if so I can post them up in this thread as below.
Online Threat Alerts
- Thread starter DaveM
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Help Support Triumph Motorcycle Forum:
Hackers Target Customer Support Departments to Gain Access to Company Networks
Please be advised that hackers are now targeting the customer support department of companies, to gain access to the same companies’ networks. The hackers call customer support departments pretending to be customers having difficulty accessing a particular document, and then offer to send the said document via e-mail to the customer service representatives for review. The idea is that the customer service representatives will open the document sent as an attachment for review, which contains malicious Macros (Visual Basic scripts) that will download and infect the customer service representatives’ computers with viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, and other malware or malicious computer programs.
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Please be advised that hackers are now targeting the customer support department of companies, to gain access to the same companies’ networks. The hackers call customer support departments pretending to be customers having difficulty accessing a particular document, and then offer to send the said document via e-mail to the customer service representatives for review. The idea is that the customer service representatives will open the document sent as an attachment for review, which contains malicious Macros (Visual Basic scripts) that will download and infect the customer service representatives’ computers with viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, and other malware or malicious computer programs.
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Beware of Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox (MMM) - it is an Old Russian Ponzi or Pyramid Scheme
Online users are being tricked into investing their money into a very old Russian Ponzi or pyramid scheme called MMM. MMM, a Russian company started in 1989 by Sergei Mavrodi, a Russian ex-convict, his brother Vyacheslav Mavrodi, and Olga Melnikova. The name of the company was taken from the first letters of the three founders' surnames. The company perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time in the 1990s, where an estimated 5 to 40 million people who invested in the company lost up to $10 billion, after Mavrodi declared MMM bankrupt in September 1997.
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Online users are being tricked into investing their money into a very old Russian Ponzi or pyramid scheme called MMM. MMM, a Russian company started in 1989 by Sergei Mavrodi, a Russian ex-convict, his brother Vyacheslav Mavrodi, and Olga Melnikova. The name of the company was taken from the first letters of the three founders' surnames. The company perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time in the 1990s, where an estimated 5 to 40 million people who invested in the company lost up to $10 billion, after Mavrodi declared MMM bankrupt in September 1997.
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Beware of "www.mypaypot.com" - It is a Fake Internet Work-From-Home Job Website
The website: "www.mypaypot.com," which claims that you can earn $1500 in your first week by simply completing tasks that you will be hired to do, is a scam. Do not register with fake websites like "mypaypot.com," because you will never get paid, and will only make the scammers behind the fake website get richer.
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The website: "www.mypaypot.com," which claims that you can earn $1500 in your first week by simply completing tasks that you will be hired to do, is a scam. Do not register with fake websites like "mypaypot.com," because you will never get paid, and will only make the scammers behind the fake website get richer.
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Beware of "www.paytoday.online" - It is a Fake Internet Work-From-Home Job Website
The website: "www.paytoday.online," which claims that you can earn $1500 in your first week by simply completing tasks that you will be hired to do, is a scam. Do not register with fake websites like "paytoday.online," because you will never get paid, and will only make the scammers behind the fake website get richer.
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The website: "www.paytoday.online," which claims that you can earn $1500 in your first week by simply completing tasks that you will be hired to do, is a scam. Do not register with fake websites like "paytoday.online," because you will never get paid, and will only make the scammers behind the fake website get richer.
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Beware of "European Business Directory Network" Scams
The email messages below which the senders claim the recipients can insert their companies in the European Company Network, European Business Directory Network, or EU Business Register by completing and submitting an attached form, are fraudulent and recipients should not respond to them with their personal information or follow the instructions in them. The fake and fraudulent email messages have been created by scammers to trick their potential victims into stealing their money, personal and financial information.
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The email messages below which the senders claim the recipients can insert their companies in the European Company Network, European Business Directory Network, or EU Business Register by completing and submitting an attached form, are fraudulent and recipients should not respond to them with their personal information or follow the instructions in them. The fake and fraudulent email messages have been created by scammers to trick their potential victims into stealing their money, personal and financial information.
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Beware of Apple iTunes Store Order Receipt Refund Request Phishing Emails
Apple customers are asked to be aware of fraudulent refund request email messages (see sample below), claiming that someone is trying to or have made purchases using their accounts. The fake email messages were sent by scammers to frighten and trick the recipients into clicking on the links within them by claiming they need to do so in order to cancel the purchases and get a refund. But, once the recipients click on the link, they will be taken to phishing website that steals personal, financial, and Apple credentials (usernames and passwords).
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Apple customers are asked to be aware of fraudulent refund request email messages (see sample below), claiming that someone is trying to or have made purchases using their accounts. The fake email messages were sent by scammers to frighten and trick the recipients into clicking on the links within them by claiming they need to do so in order to cancel the purchases and get a refund. But, once the recipients click on the link, they will be taken to phishing website that steals personal, financial, and Apple credentials (usernames and passwords).
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Beware of "SunTrust Banking Alert Important Service Update" Phishing Email Messages
SunTrust Bank customers are asked to be aware of fake email messages like the one below, which are phishing scams being used by cyber-criminals to steal personal and banking information. The fake email messages claim that SunTrust Bank is performing mandatory account verification. The fake messages then further state that the recipients must click the links within them in order to perform an account verification or else their accounts will be disabled or blocked. But, the links will only take the recipients who have clicked on it, to a phishing website, looking like SunTrust Bank’s website, where they will be asked to sign-in with their account credentials. Once the victims enter their account credentials on the fake website, it will be sent to the cyber-criminals behind the scam, who will use it to gain to access to their victims’ accounts, where they will steal the victims’ money and use their accounts fraudulently.
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SunTrust Bank customers are asked to be aware of fake email messages like the one below, which are phishing scams being used by cyber-criminals to steal personal and banking information. The fake email messages claim that SunTrust Bank is performing mandatory account verification. The fake messages then further state that the recipients must click the links within them in order to perform an account verification or else their accounts will be disabled or blocked. But, the links will only take the recipients who have clicked on it, to a phishing website, looking like SunTrust Bank’s website, where they will be asked to sign-in with their account credentials. Once the victims enter their account credentials on the fake website, it will be sent to the cyber-criminals behind the scam, who will use it to gain to access to their victims’ accounts, where they will steal the victims’ money and use their accounts fraudulently.
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Beware of "We Noticed that Your Email Account has been Outdated" Phishing Emails
Online users who have received e-mail messages (see sample below) claiming that their email accounts are outdated, should not click on the links in the same email messages. This is because cyber-criminals are sending out phishing e-mail messages to potential victims, in an attempt to frighten and trick them into clicking links in the same phishing e-mail messages that go to phishing websites created to steal email account credentials (usernames and passwords). Once the cybercriminals have stolen their potential victims' e-mail account credentials, they will use them to gain unauthorized access to their accounts, hijack the accounts, and use them fraudulently.
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Online users who have received e-mail messages (see sample below) claiming that their email accounts are outdated, should not click on the links in the same email messages. This is because cyber-criminals are sending out phishing e-mail messages to potential victims, in an attempt to frighten and trick them into clicking links in the same phishing e-mail messages that go to phishing websites created to steal email account credentials (usernames and passwords). Once the cybercriminals have stolen their potential victims' e-mail account credentials, they will use them to gain unauthorized access to their accounts, hijack the accounts, and use them fraudulently.
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Beware of "Your Online Account is about to be De-Activated" Phishing Emails
Online users who have received e-mail messages (see sample below) claiming that their online accounts are about to be de-activated, should not click on the links in the same email messages. This is because the email messages are being sent by cyber-criminals to their potential victims in an attempt to frighten and trick them into clicking links in the same phishing e-mail messages. The links go to phishing websites created by cybercriminals to steal online account credentials (usernames and passwords).
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Online users who have received e-mail messages (see sample below) claiming that their online accounts are about to be de-activated, should not click on the links in the same email messages. This is because the email messages are being sent by cyber-criminals to their potential victims in an attempt to frighten and trick them into clicking links in the same phishing e-mail messages. The links go to phishing websites created by cybercriminals to steal online account credentials (usernames and passwords).
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Thanks for the alert.
I often get emails from banks, PayPal and numerous similar institutions that I know right away are bogus.
Recently, hackers tried twice to get me to provide banking info to our club account, but I saw through that immediately.
It goes on and on.
I often get emails from banks, PayPal and numerous similar institutions that I know right away are bogus.
Recently, hackers tried twice to get me to provide banking info to our club account, but I saw through that immediately.
It goes on and on.
Thanks i get stuff like this all the time, i just do not trust anyone any more all i do is delete this stuff.
I agree.
Criminals are ruining the internet/email experience for many people. You are in fear of even your friends - who may not be your friends.
The hacker who tried to get me to reveal our club banking info used the email of our club president and was posing as him.
We have a web site and the emails of the club executive are there so that's probably where they got it.
The email looked exactly like any message I would get from the president, but in my 20 years as treasurer he has never asked for banking info as I pay all the bills.
Also, the wording was a little stiff as if he didn't really know me. It was just a little too formal and not the way he talks.
The prez and I are the best of friends and our messages are light with banter and often amusing.
I telephoned the prez and of course he sent no such message.
Can you believe it!! That hacker tried a third time to get me to reveal club banking info!
I'm pretty wise to these scams, but posting alerts may help some. It certainly won't hurt to post them.
Ok then let me post those alerts up as I get them, each time I find new way these guys are trying to get at you and some are very sneaky as well.
Beware of "www.myduty.site" - It is a Fake Internet Work-From-Home Job Website
The website: "myduty.site," which claims that members can earn $10 completing certain tasks in 30 seconds, is a scam. Do not register with fake websites like "myduty.site" because you will never get paid, and will only make the scammers behind the fake website get richer. If you are already a member of the fake website, just stop using it, and if you have shared links to the website on social media websites, please remove them if you can.
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The website: "myduty.site," which claims that members can earn $10 completing certain tasks in 30 seconds, is a scam. Do not register with fake websites like "myduty.site" because you will never get paid, and will only make the scammers behind the fake website get richer. If you are already a member of the fake website, just stop using it, and if you have shared links to the website on social media websites, please remove them if you can.
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Beware of "Share If You're Not Ashamed Of Me" Facebook Phishing Scams
Facebook users, be aware of posts of young people with disabilities, begging you to share to prove that you are not ashamed of the pictured youngsters. Or, posts with pictures of young people claiming that nobody likes them because they are disabled, therefore, nobody will share their posts. The fake posts are created by scammers, without the pictured youngsters' consent, to trick Facebook users into commenting on them by typing "Amen" or share them in order to make them popular. This type of Facebook activity is another Like-farming scam. The heartless and deceitful people (scammers) who are tricking Facebook users into typing "Amen," "liking" or sharing the fake posts, are only taking advantage of caring Facebook users, who think they are helping out, by playing with their consciences.
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Facebook users, be aware of posts of young people with disabilities, begging you to share to prove that you are not ashamed of the pictured youngsters. Or, posts with pictures of young people claiming that nobody likes them because they are disabled, therefore, nobody will share their posts. The fake posts are created by scammers, without the pictured youngsters' consent, to trick Facebook users into commenting on them by typing "Amen" or share them in order to make them popular. This type of Facebook activity is another Like-farming scam. The heartless and deceitful people (scammers) who are tricking Facebook users into typing "Amen," "liking" or sharing the fake posts, are only taking advantage of caring Facebook users, who think they are helping out, by playing with their consciences.
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Scam - Givers Forum at www.giversforum.net or www.giversforum.com is a Pyramid or Ponzi Scheme
Givers Forum located at "www.giversforum.net" or "www.giversforum.com," which the owners claim is a community of givers, people who provide each other financial help on the principle of "Give, it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over", is actually a pyramid or Ponzi scheme. Therefore, online users are asked not to register with the website, and current members are asked to stop participating.
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Givers Forum located at "www.giversforum.net" or "www.giversforum.com," which the owners claim is a community of givers, people who provide each other financial help on the principle of "Give, it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over", is actually a pyramid or Ponzi scheme. Therefore, online users are asked not to register with the website, and current members are asked to stop participating.
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Scam - Blessing Loom is a Pyramid or Ponzi Scheme
Blessing Loom is a pyramid or Ponzi scheme that promises participants quick profits. Thousands of invitations are being sent to social media users (Facebook and WhatsApp) by other users who have been tricked into believing the scam. The idea behind the Blessing Loom is that if you contribute $100 and recruit 2 friends, you have a chance to receive $800. Whoa! Making 800% profit on an investment would make us all rich, and we could all stay home instead of going to work. Remember, when something appears too good to be true, it usually is.
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Blessing Loom is a pyramid or Ponzi scheme that promises participants quick profits. Thousands of invitations are being sent to social media users (Facebook and WhatsApp) by other users who have been tricked into believing the scam. The idea behind the Blessing Loom is that if you contribute $100 and recruit 2 friends, you have a chance to receive $800. Whoa! Making 800% profit on an investment would make us all rich, and we could all stay home instead of going to work. Remember, when something appears too good to be true, it usually is.
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