Phishing

November 3, 2009 -- As part of a continuing effort to identify the latest cyber crime trends and warn the public, the FBI today released the following information:

Within the last several months, the FBI has seen a significant increase in fraud involving the exploitation of valid online banking credentials belonging to small and medium businesses, municipal governments, and school districts. In a typical scenario, the targeted entity receives a “spear phishing” e-mail which either contains an infected attachment, or directs the recipient to an infected website.    » read more »

May 7, 2008 -- Jefferson City, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon says Missourians are receiving letters in the mail offering mortgage insurance, refinancing and other services. He says while many of those solicitations are designed to look like they come from a consumer's mortgage lender, they actually come from a separate, unrelated company.    » read more »

February 13, 2008 -- Jefferson City, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon said his office has received approximately 50 calls just this afternoon from mid-Missourians who are receiving phone calls from people claiming to be with Central Bank but who, in reality, are trying to steal bank account and other financial information.    » read more »

Advance Payment Scams Starting

Jan. 30, 2008, WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today warned taxpayers to beware of several current e-mail and telephone scams that use the IRS name as a lure. The IRS expects such scams to continue through the end of tax return filing season and beyond.    » read more »

Jan 25, 2008 -- LITTLE ROCK— Most Arkansans are familiar with "phishing" schemes, in which con-artists typically solicit personal, financial information via email. In these phishing schemes, the consumer is directed to a fake Web site where they are asked to input their bank account number, Social Security number or other information the con-artist can use to commit fraud.    » read more »

Dec 14, 2007 -- LITTLE ROCK – More than 400,000 Arkansans are enrolled in Medicare, and recently, the Arkansas Attorney General's Office has received numerous complaints about a phishing scheme targeting these beneficiaries. While this scam is not new, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel issued this consumer alert today to warn consumers about its recurrence.    » read more »

December 10, 2007 -- Jefferson City, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon says Kansas City-area consumers are receiving phone calls that appear to be from Mazuma Credit Union, but actually are from identity thieves. An official-sounding phone call says the customer’s account has been suspended because of fraud, then asks them to call a toll-free number to reactivate the account. When they call the number, consumers are asked for their credit card number.    » read more »

Asks Companies to Provide Warnings, Advice to Internet Customers

October 23, 2007 -- TRENTON – New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram today called on four banks to provide information on how they are protecting customers from identity theft and related loss resulting from “phishing” – an on-line fraud gambit in which authentic-looking e-mails are used to trick recipients into giving out sensitive personal information such as credit card, bank account and Social Security numbers.    » read more »

July 2, 2007 -- The following is a summary of some of the frauds and scams reported to New Mexico Attorney General Gary King’s office during June. This is not a comprehensive list, but rather an overview of what has been reported to the Attorney General’s Office since the beginning of the month.

The Usual Suspects: Lottery, Nigerian, and Phishing Scams    » read more »

6/25/2007 -- PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) -- The Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, is warning users of the Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) Web portal to be alert for an Internet phishing scam.

Network Warfare Command (NETWARCOM) issued an alert June 21 to inform network managers and NKO users of their potential vulnerability to this scheme.    » read more »