One of the more common ways cybercriminals cash out access to bank accounts involves draining the victim’s funds via Zelle, a “peer-to-peer” (P2P) payment service used by many financial institutions that allows customers to quickly
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The ‘Zelle Fraud’ Scam: How it Works, How to Fight Back
November 20, 2021 A Little Sunshine, Bob Sullivan, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CUNA Mutual Insurance, Ken Otsuka, Latest Warnings, Web Fraud 2.0, Zelle scam A Little Sunshine, Bob Sullivan, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CUNA Mutual Insurance, Ken Otsuka, Latest Warnings, Web Fraud 2.0, Zelle scam
Hoax Email Blast Abused Poor Coding in FBI Website
November 14, 2021 A Little Sunshine, Criminal Justice Information Services division, Department of Justice, eims@ic.fbi.gov, fbi, FBI email hack, Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal, LEEP, Ne'er-Do-Well News, NightLion, pompompurin, Shadowbyte, Vinny Troia, Web Fraud 2.0 A Little Sunshine, Criminal Justice Information Services division, Department of Justice, eims@ic.fbi.gov, fbi, FBI email hack, Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal, LEEP, Ne'er-Do-Well News, NightLion, pompompurin, Shadowbyte, Vinny Troia, Web Fraud 2.0
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed today that its fbi.gov domain name and Internet address were used to blast out thousands of fake emails about a cybercrime investigation. According to an interview with the
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Gift Card Gang Extracts Cash From 100k Inboxes Daily
September 2, 2021 A Little Sunshine, gift card fraud, Gift Card Gang, IMAP, microsoft, Web Fraud 2.0 A Little Sunshine, gift card fraud, Gift Card Gang, IMAP, microsoft, Web Fraud 2.0
The data in this story come from a trusted source in the security industry who has visibility into a network of hacked machines that fraudsters in just about every corner of the Internet are using
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15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark
September 1, 2021 A Little Sunshine, A311 Death, Check2IP, Corpse, Haxdoor, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Nuclear Grabber, Revive, VIP72, Web Fraud 2.0 A Little Sunshine, A311 Death, Check2IP, Corpse, Haxdoor, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Nuclear Grabber, Revive, VIP72, Web Fraud 2.0
Over the past 15 years, a cybercrime anonymity service known as VIP72 has enabled countless fraudsters to mask their true location online by routing their traffic through millions of malware-infected systems. But roughly two weeks
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Phishing Sites Targeting Scammers and Thieves
August 9, 2021 A Little Sunshine, Brian Billionaire, briansclub, Mitch, Ne'er-Do-Well News, PinPays, Web Fraud 2.0 A Little Sunshine, Brian Billionaire, briansclub, Mitch, Ne'er-Do-Well News, PinPays, Web Fraud 2.0
I was preparing to knock off work for the week on a recent Friday evening when a curious and annoying email came in via the contact form on this site: “Hello I go by the
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