Results for '419 email'
World Cup 2014 Cash Prize & Tickets Email is a 419 Scam
April 21, 2014 - From the spam traps: a World Cup 2014 419 missive, with a wonderfully enlightening subject line: “gkxzhlfgjs”. It reads: Dear Email...
Watch out, this LastPass email with “Important information about your account” is a phish
September 14, 2023 - The consequences of last year’s LastPass breach continue to be felt, with the latest insult to users coming in the form...
Nigerian Tesla: 419 scammer gone malware distributor unmasked
May 5, 2022 - Agent Tesla is a well-known data stealer written in .NET that has been active since 2014 and is perhaps one of...
“URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL!!!” 419 scammer wants your help to move someone’s inheritance
April 27, 2022 - We’ve received several emails over the last couple of days which follow the classic 419 mail scam method. Titled “URGENT BUSINESS...
ProtonMail hands user’s IP address and device info to police, showing the limits of private email
September 7, 2021 - They say there’s two sides to every story. Depending on your point of view, you may have heard a recent story...
Five easy ways to recognize and dispose of malicious emails
June 19, 2018 - I suppose we all get our share of spam. Some more than others. But how do we differentiate between simple commercial...
“Celebrating Stephen Hawking” with a 419 scam
March 23, 2018 - The recently departed Stephen Hawking is apparently back from the dead, now a target for scammers wanting to extract some quick...
Of princes and perpetrators: Beware of getting ensnared in 419 scams
January 10, 2018 - We’ve mentioned before that 419 scams don’t always originate from Nigeria. It’s a very simple and popular scam that can be...
419 scammer offers USD $60 million—and a free child
October 18, 2017 - Scammers often come crawling out of the woodwork in all sorts of places you wouldn’t necessarily expect. This is to their...
Fake DHS email – “Give us $350 in the next 24 hours”
September 8, 2017 - Who likes threats? Nobody, as it turns out. That hasn’t stopped scammers from jumping on the menacing email train – next...