Seems they might be running a honeypot which they seed with gay porn thats been relabelled as music and other non-pornographic content, so that they can threaten to sue downloaders and get a quick settlement when their victims learn that theyre about to be named in an embarrassing lawsuit. Link: Is Titan Media mislabelling gay [...]

If the "Open ‘safe’ files after downloading" option is turned on in Safari, the installer will be unzipped and run. Since the installer requires a user password, it won’t install without user interaction. However, inexperienced users may be fooled into thinking the software is legitimate. via Fake “MAC Defender” antivirus app scams users for money, [...]

One of the funniest things I have ever read. "This site is dedicated to all the hardworking people who have either been scammed or annoyed by a Nigerian 419 Scam Artist. Oh, and relax, it's all in good fun." VISIT LINK: Ebola Monkey Man scams Nigerian 419 Scammers (tags: activism archive blog awesome blogs cool [...]

The real story of the completely unethical way that they are going about achieving that success. In short, for users who won’t pay cash, a wide variety of “offers” are available where they can get in-game currency in exchange for lead gen-type offers. Most of these offers are bad for consumers because it confusingly gets [...]

swoopo.com I was fascinated to discover the auction hybrid site swoopo.com (previously known as telebid.com). It's a strange combination of eBay, woot, and slot machine. Here's how it works: – You purchase bids in pre-packaged blocks of at least 30. Each bid costs you 75 cents, with no volume discount. – Each bid raises the [...]

Short-and-distort stock spam? The “pump-n-dump” spam was taking advantage of “penny” stocks and was going after small companies. If “short-n-distort” is a new trend in stock manipulation spam, then it will target big, well-known companies. (tags: amazon crime cybercrime mafia money penny scam spam stock stockmarket …)