Online Threat Alerts

[DaveM]

Beware of Scam Calls From 202-888-5879, 202-644-9774 and 202-122-5964

Scammers are using the following Washington D.C numbers: 202-888-5879, 202-644-9774 and 202-122-5964, to contact potential victims. Recipients of telephone calls from any of the same telephone numbers, where the callers request money, personal or financial information, should terminate the calls, and should not follow the callers’ instructions.

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[DaveM]

Beware of Scam Calls From 907-312-7528 and 907-268-3185

Scammers are using the following Alaska telephone numbers: 907-312-7528 and 907-268-3185, to contact potential victims. Recipients of telephone calls from any of the same telephone numbers, where the callers request money, personal or financial information, should terminate the calls, and should not follow the callers’ instructions.

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[DaveM]

Beware of www.spincashonline.com - it is a Ponzi or Pyramid Scheme

Spin Cash Online, located at www.spincashonline.com, which the owners claim members can make money with them, is a Ponzi or Pyramid scheme. Online users are advised not to register with the website or become a member. And, those who are already members are asked to stop making payments to the website.

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[Village Idiot]

It's probably been already mentioned, but I just received an e-mail from PayPal, supposedly about "unauthorized use of my account"; contacted PP and they had me send it to them at "[email protected]". Needless to say, I didn't open the link, being the suspicious cretin that I am.
We'll see what happens: I'm only a "village idiot"......not a "stupid village idiot".......Jim

 

[Rocky]

I don't even have a PayPal account, but I've received the same thing from time to time and used that link to report it.

 

[Rocky]

My home page is an MSN news page and I was reading this morning about telephone scammers and area codes to avoid.

According to the article area codes 473, 809 and 900 are notorious for being used by scammers.

Other area codes that should be avoided are 242,246, 268, 284, 345, 441, 649, 664, 721, 758, 767, 784, 829, 849, 868, 869, and 876.

Some of these may be your own legitimate area code, but unless you're expecting a call, regard them with suspicion.

My own area code is 902 and we have to use it now even when making a local call.
I often get calls that appear to be local, but if the caller ID doesn't show a name or number I recognize I don't answer.
99% of the time there is never a message left.

 

[Village Idiot]

I do the very same thing, Rocky...........amazing how few leave a message.
Jim

 

[hemibee]

Sometimes I like to answer the scammers calls. But I only do it when I'm in the right mood and want to screw with them. There was one that kept calling so I messed with him several different times. It must have gotten so bad on his end of the calls that once the auto dialer switch to a live person and he heard my voice, he would hang up on me.

One of my co-workers called a scammer from the caller ID. We were surprised they answered and before he got finished with them they hung up on him. We were in tears listening to the call on the speaker. I would do as close to a word by word comment on the call but my phone would explode with some of the language used on that call.

 

[DaveM]

Beware of "Blue Whale" Suicide Game - it is Killing Teens On Social Media

Parents, there is an online or Internet game that is promoting suicidal behavior and driving underage users, mainly teenagers, to commit suicide. The name of the game is called "Blue Whale," and goes by the internet hash tags or keywords: #SeaOfWhales, #WhalesSwimUpwards, #WakeMeUpAt420, or #F58 on social media or networking websites.

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[DaveM]

Beware of www.hazingfun.com - It is a Fraudulent Website

The website "www.hazingfun.com" is a fraudulent one. The website which the owners claim is the number one source for the newest in online content, is similar to the fraudulent websites: geeker.com, lilplay.com and tzarmedia.com. Online users who have used their credit cards on the fraudulent website, run the risk of their cards being fraudulently charged for undetermined amounts, even when they have cancelled their subscriptions.

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[DaveM]

Beware of DHL e-Notification Virus Email Message

The email message below with the subject: "DHL e-Notification," is a fake, contains a malicious attachment, and was not sent by DHL. The malicious email message are being sent by cyber-criminals, contains the malicious attachment "DHL_00116839001-pdf.jar," which will infect the computers of the recipients who attempt to open it with a virus, Trojan horse, spyware or some other malware. So, recipients of the same email message should delete it and never attempt to open the malicious attachment it contains.

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[DaveM]

Beware of "Microsoft Account Security Info - Welcome to new Outlook.com" Phishing Email

The email message below: "Microsoft Account Security Info - Welcome to new Outlook.com," which claims that due to the ongoing update in their system/server, the recipients are required to verify their accounts within 48 hours, is a phishing scam. The email message is being sent by cyber-criminals, whose intentions are to hijack their victims' email accounts and use them for malicious purposes. So, recipients of the same email message are advised not to follow the instructions in it.

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[DaveM]

Fake-News - "Reggae Legend Buju Banton Is DEAD After Committing Suicide Inside US Prison"

The article below: "Reggae Legend Buju Banton Is DEAD After Committing Suicide Inside US Prison," published on "www.NetLiveMedia.com," is another celebrity death hoax. The hoax or fake-news, which claims that Buju Banton (Mark Anthony Myrie), killed himself in a US federal prison where he was serving his 10-year sentence for drug trafficking, is spreading on social media like wildfire. But, Buju Banton is alive and the Federal Bureau of Prisons still has him listed as an inmate.

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[DaveM]

Do Not Click on Links to Sign into Your Accounts PayPal Users

PayPal users who have received email or SMS Text messages asking them to update or verify their account information should not click on the links in them. They should go directly to www.paypal.com and sign into their accounts, and verify or update their accounts’ information there instead. This is because phishing scams are getting more sophisticated and cyber criminals are finding new ways of tricking potential victims into visiting phishing websites that steal personal information, account credentials and financial information.

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[DaveM]

Beware of "EGame Lottery Inc. Electronic Mail Award Winning" Scam

Online users, there is no "EGame Lottery Inc Electronic Mail Award Winning" programme or promotion. Therefore, recipients of email messages claiming that they are winners in the "EGame Lottery Inc. Electronic Mail Award Winning" promotion should delete them and not follow the instructions in them. Every month, thousands of those email messages are sent out by lottery scammers to trick potential victims into sending them money and/or personal information, by claiming that they are winners in the so-called lottery.

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[DaveM]

Beware of 1-888-795-6262 - it is a Fake Bank of America Phone Number

Bank of America customers, please be aware of fake text messages like the one below, or phone calls from 1-888-795-6262. Please do not call the same number and provide the receiver or Interactive Voice System (IVR) with your financial information.

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[DaveM]

Beware of "Your Chase Online Security Notification" Phishing Email

The email message below with the subject: "Your Chase Online Security Notification," is a phishing scam. The email message was not sent by Chase, but by cyber-criminals. Therefore, recipients of the same email message are asked not to follow the instructions or click on the links within it. The links go to a fake JPMorgan Chase Bank website designed to trick visitors into stealing their Chase usernames and passwords. This is why it is recommended that online users never click on a link in an email message to sign into their online accounts. They should instead, go directly to their online account providers' websites and sign into their accounts from there.

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[triumph david]

They never stop do they.

 

[Rocky]

They never stop do they.

it's never ending isn't it!

 

[DaveM]

And we see a list of new ones everyday so you really have to be on top of your game with this sort of thing.