On This Day - Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Scams - Frauds

The phishing AT&T websites: www.att150.com and www.att230.com are fakes, designed to steal your AT&T user name and password. AT&T customers are receiving automated phone recording messages stating that they should go to the websites: www.att150.com and www.att230.com, to get a $150 or $230 Mega bonus. But, the websites were created by s...

If you have received email messages like the one below with the subject: "Your application to join our network of International Society of Executives & Professionals," please delete them. The links in the fake email messages go to the websites: "www.isoep.co", "www.networksbusinesses.com", "isoepapplication.co...

Here is another Facebook video scam: "OOPS Look What This Couple did in Public on Valentine", which will take Facebook users to a fake Facebook website, in an attempt to trick them into sharing it or completing surveys, by promising to show them a video depicted by the image in the Facebook post. But, there is no video....

If you asked to comment on, "like", or share the fake Facebook post: "His parents can't afford surgery so facebook and cnn are paying half of the expenses," please do not, because it is a despicable hoax and scam used by scammers to trick Facebook users into "liking", sharing, or commenting on a Facebook page, in o...

Apple users who have received email messages like the one below, which claim that their accounts have been temporarily locked by Apple's antifraud system which detects and prevents fraud, are asked to delete them. This is because the email messages are phishing scams, being sent by cyber-criminals to trick and frighten Apple users into visiting...

The website called Pack Credit located at "packcredit.com" is fraudulent. The fraudulent website tricks potential victims into submitting their names, addresses, and telephone numbers to the scammers who are operating the website, by claiming they have a chance of getting a free PlayStation 4, free online mobile recharge, or a registratio...

Gmail users, beware of a lottery scam called "Gmail 2016 Network Promotional Award," that is being sent via email messages (see below) to potential victims by lottery scammers. It is important for everyone to know that there is no Gmail lottery, and there has never been one. So, recipients of email messages claiming that they are winners ...

The Facebook application below: "Do you want to know after 20 years you will look like," is a malicious application created by cyber-criminals to steal Facebook users' usernames and passwords, which the cyber-criminals will use to hijack the same Facebook accounts. If the application is posted on your Facebook Wall, Timeline, News-fee...

"We are aware of social messages that are currently circulating claiming that Adidas is giving away free footwear and would like to caution the public about believing this, as it is definitely a scam," said a representative from Adidas. The scam tricks social media users into sending their personal information to the cybercriminals behind...

The e-mail message below is a phishing scam. Hotmail is not carrying out any maintenance work and will not close your account due to any updates. If you receive a copy of this e-mail message, please delete it and let your family and friends know about this phishing e-mail. Hackers and scammers are using these phishing e-mails to steal their victims...

The website: "young4money.com," which the owners claim is a large-scale marketing and referral company in the United States of America, is a scam. The website trick potential victims into joining by claiming there is no fee to join and that visitors can earn money performing certain tasks and activities that are given to them. But, do not...

The email message below: "Microsoft Warning: Your Outlook Account Might Be Deleted and Closed Now," is a fake. The fake email message was NOT sent by Microsoft, but by cyber-criminals, who created the fake email message to steal their potential victims' Microsoft Hotmail, Live, or Outlook usernames and passwords. So, recipients of the...