Unscrupulous telemarketers are offering to list consumers’ phone numbers on the Do Not Call Register for a fee, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). ‘The Do Not Call Register is a free service provided by the Australian Government,’ said ACMA Chairman, Chris Chapman, who warned consumers not to provide any personal identification [...]
Telemarketers scamming Australians about the Do Not Call Register
September 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Photo attached spam
August 7, 2010 By 3 Comments
In our earlier post, we reported about “shortened url links” spam. Another form of “shortened” spam has been flooding our mailbox during the last few days. These are the emails with subject “Your private photo attached” — with attached zip files. No, we don’t know what’s on those zip files. We really don’t care even [...]
Shortened hyperlinks spam on the rise
July 30, 2010 By 2 Comments
In its July 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report, Symantec reported that the percentage of spam containing shortened hyperlinks has increased significantly over the last year. The report said that spam containing shortened hyperlinks hit a one day peak of 18 percent, or 23.4 billion spam emails, on April 30, 2010 doubling last year’s peak levels when [...]
Spammers use World Cup fever to score
June 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is warning people to beware of spammers trying to cash in on World Cup fever. The ACMA has reports of various scams purporting to be linked to the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament that offer substantial cash prizes. If recipients attempt to claim the prize they are asked to [...]
“Spam SMS” boosts fight against spam: ACMA
June 9, 2010 By 1 Comment
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is launching its new reporting tool “Spam SMS” which provides Australians with a quick and easy way to report spam SMS by forwarding messages received to 0429 999 888. The ACMA will launch “Spam SMS” at 11 am on Wednesday 9 June at the Phoenix Youth Centre in Footscray. [...]
How to be contacted online the spam-free way
April 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Up to now, we still see people displaying their email addresses in their blog posts. And these include columnists of major news sites which we find very disappointing. The practice of displaying email addresses in web pages is an open invitation to spammers who use spambots which crawl on webpages to harvest anything that looks [...]
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