Scams

The visa250.com scam is a common telephone scam where the victim receives a text message stating that they have won a “free $250 Visa prepaid giftcard”. Clicking links provided in the text message may install malware to the cellular phone or computer system including adware and spyware.

This is also similar to many scam surveys where the primary purpose of the phishing attempt is to direct the phone or internet user to suspicious surveys. These surveys often state that they must be filled out before receiving the free $250 prepaid Visa gift card.

Please note, you did not actually win and will not receive a free $250 Visa gift card.

Warning! (724) 603-5821 is a telephone number from Pennsylvania that is used in severe forms of criminal phishing scams. The criminal attempts to purchase a computer by responding to the Craigslist post via text message, stating the computer is being purchased for another individual, most likely a family member such as a daughter or son, and say that they will pay over PayPal and include an additional sum of money for shipping the computer to a country outside of the United States such as Africa. The sender asks for the sellers PayPal email address in order to pay for the item and also asks the Craigslist seller sends images to a random email address. It has been concluded that malicious individual(s) using telephone number frequently use the alias Alex Kane, connected to a fraudulent email such as alexkane54@gmail.com and service_tracker@in.com.

Be on the look out for fraudulent emails sent by cyber criminals, attempting to disguise as AT&T in order to persuade unsuspecting victims to click links contained in the fake AT&T Customer Care email. The dangerous email contains links that initiate the installment of malware, including spyware and Trojans, or direct the victim of the phishing attack to unwanted websites that may contain additional malware, or promote the victim click-through links in order to generate an unethical revenue stream via third party platforms and programs.

Cyber criminals behind the fake Payment Confirmation email utilize malicious black hat tactics including email phishing, in which the attackers send fraudulent email messages to their victims in attempt to persuade them to click malicious links or download malicious files in order to infect a computer system with malware, such as spyware and Trojans that are used to collect sensitive information, including credit card numbers and identification information, and minuscule data such as browser activity and browser history (in order to accommodate a potentially undetected adware campaign).

Fake LinkedIn emails are not out of the ordinary, but a new series of dangerous emails disguised as LinkedIn have been making rounds to unsuspecting LinkedIn users. The emails seem very real, as the subject line is “Join my network on LinkedIn” alike legitimate LinkedIn emails notifying users of new or pending invitations. The fake LinkedIn email contains an invitation to join a fake person’s network on LinkedIn, as well as displays fake pending messages, and links to login to your LinkeIn account or Unsubscribe to email updates.

A new email scam has been publicly distributed today by cyber criminals whom attempt to persuade victims into opening the email in order to click a malicious link that is capable of downloading malware to the computer system and directing the victim to a download-drive-by site or other malicious website. The email is sent from Incoming Fax with the subject link similar to “INCOMING FAX REPORT : Remote ID: 8169349218“.

Warning, malicious emails have been surfacing disguised as eFax Corporate that contain links to malicious content such as malware, viruses, Trojans, worms, and more and/or contain malicious attachments.Spam emails being sent by cyber criminals posing as the legitimate eFax Corporate, that let’s users send and receive fax via email may contain suspicious subject lines from unknown telephone numbers. For example, the email subject in the image below is Coprporate eFax message from “644-835-5445.” if you have received a similar email message, delete it right away!

Fake PayPal Resolution Center Message Email Warning A fake email message disguised as the PayPal Resolution center, sent from hacked website PPYL.NET (hacked by Bd.$3V3N, pictured below) has been making rounds to...

975 929-5680 is a number used by criminals in phishing attempts. A victim states he received a suspicious phone call from 975-929-5680 prior to becoming infected with FBI ransomware. The caller was making an attempt to access the victim’s computer remotely stating the computer is infected with malware, viruses, and/or Trojans and needed to be fixed. Phishing attempt report for telephone number 975-929-5680