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Beware tax return scams defrauding South Africans The South African Revenue Service has warned the public of phishing scams that are defrauding taxpayers.

I just received a SMS saying: This is obviously a phishing campaign. Be careful guys. Also would love to know how these scammers got my number!

Anyone else had an increase of spam mail with following virus: CXmail/OleDl-BL (3) Emails seem to be coming from .gr,.br, .by domains We have 2 customers that we do the anti virus for, and both have received similar emails with the same virus today, Luckily Sophos has detected it when users...

Hi, not sure if this is the best place to put this, but it is re my MTN mobile contract, that I recently upgraded: Basically got phishing mails (initial links are not even to MTN website, and then goes to mtn.com), I did request an OTP on the fake website, with no intention of even entering...

4 ways to spot a phishing scam We’ve all received the classic email from a "foreign investor" promising to transfer millions of dollars into our bank account. These fraudulent attempts to obtain sensitive information - known as phishing scams - are getting more sophisticated.

Seems Viewfines.co.za had a security "incident". Anyone know what happened? I've used it once or twice, but what bothers me is that they have loads of info on a person, including your license plate etc.

Don’t fall for these banking phishing email scams Phishing emails targeting online banking customers are a major problem in South Africa – here’s how you can avoid falling victim to these attacks.

How criminals use your Facebook information to steal your money Criminals are using the information you share on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter in spear phishing attacks to get access to your online banking details.

You need to watch out for these tax phishing scams Tax filing season has barely started and the first phishing emails are already doing the rounds, making it essential for taxpayers to be on high alert.

How to dodge e-mail scams If you receive an e-mail that seems dodgy, an easy trick for testing its trustworthiness is to run the screen cursor over any embedded links, according to a German computer magazine.

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Beware Coca-Cola phishing scam in South Africa Coca-Cola SA warns against the latest phishing scam doing the rounds

SA email spam percentage revealed Symantic has released the latest numbers on spam email statistics for July 2012

Phishing: 50% of users don’t recognise scams Study shows that around half of PC and mobile device users can’t distinguish between a legitimate and fake email or message

ABSA Phishing Scam I received this phishing email which is the most legit phishing email I've ever see. Looks so real. All the links are legit, except for the attachment which opens a malicious website, but the average user wouldn't easily pick that up. They'd click on the attachment thinking...

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Warning: 780 new phishing programs detected daily Kaspersky Lab detects 780 new malicious programs designed to steal users’ online banking data every day

There is a WASPA affiliated site attempting to spoof Twitter and solicit your email addy and telephone number. The domain that redirects you is basically a mis-spell of twitter.com twiter.com (one t) You are redirected to a survey page looking very much like twitter.com and then asked for...

Pastel issues e-mail phishing scam warning Pastel sends out warning that their database has been compromised

Got this badly worded mail earlier today: TELKOMSA 2011 FREE 20GIG Dear Customer, Due to our currently updated systems, we are given you free 20Gig in your adsl account you click on the below website; http://www.formstack.com/forms/?1059304-g0hCFEZc3e (Login Example)...