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October 23, 2010  11:21 PM

Bogus EFTPS Failure Notices are Result of AWeber Hack



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Hacking, spam, Spear phishing, Zero-day exploit, Zero-day vulnerability

I just got this from a friend of mine, Arindam Chakraborty, who is also a fellow Internet marketer: Warning About EFTPS Tax Phishing Emails!Like me and many, many other marketers, he uses AWeber Communications email...

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October 18, 2010  3:15 PM

Bogus EFTPS Failure Notices are Spear Phishing Attempt



Posted by: Ken Harthun
IRS Phishing, Phishing, spam, Spear phishing

Beware of this one, but it doesn't take much to spot it's a fake. Look at all the typos! There are so many of them, it's almost funny. Can you believe that anyone would fall for something like this? Sad, but true, people are probably being duped by this right now. I got 13 of these this morning,...

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