FLIGHT MH17 FACEBOOK PAGES
After the Malaysia Airlines tragedy,
criminals rushed to pollute the internet with scams that tricked people into clicking
Flash video players with ransomware.
DOCTOANTI VIRUS
Latest in a dishonourable line of
malicious programs that pretend to be security tools. DoctoAntivirus tricks you
into believing that your PC is infected with threats, and the only way to
remove them is to buy the ‘full version’.
COUNCIL TAX REFUND SCAM
Don’t be fooled by an email from the address
refund@direct.gov.uk that offers you a refund on your council tax — and definitely
don’t be fooled by its request DoctoAntivirus tricks you into believing that
your PC is infected that you hand over your card details to ‘process the
refund”.
FACEBOOK ( MERCEDES SCAM)
“Like this to win a Mercedes” is the
latest example of ‘Facebook Like-farming’, which scammers use to gather
Facebook ‘Likes’ in order to perpetrate further scams on users, whose details
are sold on the black market.
DROPBOX TAX REFUND SCAM
Hackers have been using emails
containing Dropbox links to trick you into downloading Crypto Wall. The emails
purport to be from banks and tax firms and urge you to “reclaim money” by clicking
a link.
