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357 arrested in massive cybercrime sting in Philippines

by Paul Roberts on August 24, 2012 | 3 Comments

Police in the Philippines have arrested more than 350 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals in a massive sting operation against a phone-based account takeover scam.

Beware! Free Apple products used as lure in text scams

by Graham Cluley on August 8, 2012 | 12 Comments

Could an Apple iPad, iPhone or MacBook be yours for free?

Afraid not - that SMS text message you received is a scam.

18 months later, and Facebook Profile Viewer rogue apps still successfully tricking users

by Graham Cluley on July 17, 2012 | 15 Comments

Facebook does not give you any way to find out who has been viewing your profile.

Any application or link which claims it can reveal to you who has should be treated with great suspicion.

Shocking 17-year-old public high school antics clickjack unwary Facebook users into scam

by Graham Cluley on July 6, 2012 | 70 Comments

Would you click on this?

It seems many Facebook users did. Wise up to the threat of clickjacking, or become an easy target for scammers.

Is this your passport being used by email scammers?

by Graham Cluley on June 18, 2012 | 9 Comments

Have you received an email from "Karen Shaw"? Has she sent you her passport details?

Be on your guard against email scammers.

Facebook Account Verification scam tricks unsuspecting users with SOPA/PIPA warning

by Graham Cluley on June 15, 2012 | 8 Comments

Stop! If you've been told to verify your Facebook account before June 15th you may be about to be scammed.

Giant snakes eating zookeepers and unwatchable videos - Facebook hit again by clickjacking scams

by Graham Cluley on June 13, 2012 | 1 Comment

Facebook users are once again suffering from an onslaught of clickjacking survey scams, designed to fool them into unwittingly saying they "Like" a link to drive web traffic that simply fills the pockets of scammers.

Multiply multilingual - Email scams aren't just from Nigeria

by Graham Cluley on May 22, 2012 | 1 Comment

They used to be called "Letters from Nigeria", but it's not such a good name these days. Because they can come from any corner of the world, in a multitude of languages.

Rihanna sex video trap used by Facebook scammers.. again

by Graham Cluley on May 15, 2012 | 4 Comments

You would think that if there had been a widespread scam on Facebook two months ago, that it wouldn't be capable of spreading using identical wording now, wouldn't you?

Sadly, it seems the answer is "no".

Facebook clickjackers said to make over $1 million a month, agree to stop spam

by Graham Cluley on May 8, 2012 | 7 Comments

A firm at the centre of allegations that its affiliates flooded Facebook with spam and clickjacking attacks has agreed to clean up its act - after earning up to $1.2 million per month in gross monthly revenues.