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Grocery Store Falls For $10 Million Phishing Scam

Supervalu, a large grocery store chain was involved in a phishing scam that duped the company into sending $10 million to fraudulent bank accounts, according to federal court filings.

FBI Warns Of E-Card Scam

The FBI and the greeting card industry are warning people of fraudulent emails that claim to contain an electronic greeting card from an anonymous individual, such as a "friend" or "classmate."

Brian Retkin Speaks On Google Suit

The man behind the lawsuit against Google for defamation said he and his firm would really prefer to put their conflict with Google behind them.

Google Responds To AdWords Scam Kerfuffle

The practice of establishing AdWords accounts for the purpose of passing clicks through a third-party malware distributor has drawn a blame-the-user response from Google.

SEC Charges Hackers With Pumping Google

Three Indian nationals have been charged as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation into pump and dump stock schemes the boosted prices for fourteen stocks, including Google and Sun Microsystems.

Details Emerge About eBay Motors Scam

A Trojan that arrives by email targets potential car buyers at eBay Motors, and attempts to closely imitate a legitimate auction.

Beware Of eBay Motors Scam

A new threat against visitors to eBay Motors from a Trojan attempts to use a man in the middle attack that seems to do more than just phish a username and password from people.

FTC Pushes 'Stop' On Free CD Scam

The Federal Trade Commission put the kibosh on Think All Publishing for alleged deceptive online marketing and billing practices. A US Magistrate judge recommended an injunction against the company to pull the reins on its "Free Software CD" Internet scam, and ordered the company's assets frozen.

FTC Sues Payment Co. For Role In Web Scam

Try to access the website of payment service InterBill and you'll get a white-screen notice that the site is "under construction." We can, for lack other information, assume it has nothing to do with the Federal Trade Commission filing suit over the company's affiliation with a major scam.

Eyes On The Hurricane Scam Sites

By now you can see it coming, almost as soon as Hurricane Katrina made landfall, scam artists were setting up their online piggy banks to collect the pennies of the unwitting. Rita, not quite the shrew that Katrina was, will no doubt see Rita relief scams, and an international "call to arms," has been launched to flog the offenders.