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KrebsOnSecurity Threatened with Defamation Lawsuit Over Fake Radaris CEO

June 20, 2024 admin 617-794-0001, A Little Sunshine, aleksej gubarev, andtop company, atlas data privacy corp., barsky.com, Better Business Bureau, bitseller expert limited, boston law group, Breadcrumbs, Buzzfeed, constella intelligence, difive.com, dmitry lubarsky, DomainTools.com, gary norden, gn@difive.com, humanbook, igor lubarsky, pavel kaydash, radaris, radaris.com, steele dossier, trustoria.com, val gurvits, webzilla, xbt holding

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 19:16:01 +0000

On March 8, 2024, KrebsOnSecurity published a deep dive on the consumer data broker Radaris, showing how the original owners are two men in Massachusetts who operated multiple Russian language dating services and affiliate programs, in addition to a dizzying array of people-search websites. The subjects of that piece are threatening to sue KrebsOnSecurity for defamation unless the story is retracted. Meanwhile, their attorney has admitted that the person Radaris named as the CEO from its inception is a fabricated identity.

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Who’s Behind the DomainNetworks Snail Mail Scam?

July 3, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, Better Business Bureau, Breadcrumbs, constella intelligence, distributorinvoice@mail.com, domainnetworks, domaintools, eliran benz, Houzz, publicwww, sam alon, shenhavgroup@gmail.com, shmuel orit alon, tropicglobal@gmail.com, ubsagency@gmail.com, united business service, united business services, us domain authority llc, weblistingsinc.net, whmcs.com

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2023 14:56:35 +0000

If you’ve ever owned a domain name, the chances are good that at some point you’ve received a snail mail letter which appears to be a bill for a domain or website-related services. In reality, these misleading missives try to trick people into paying for useless services they never ordered, don’t need, and probably will never receive. Here’s a look at the most recent incarnation of this scam — DomainNetworks — and some clues about who may be behind it.

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Fake USA for UNHCR site wants your Ukraine donations in Bitcoin

April 28, 2022 admin bbb, Better Business Bureau, bitcoin, donation scam, fake unhcr site, phishing, Social engineering, unhcr, united nations high commissioner for refugees, usa for unhcr

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:35:53 +0000

Scammers are disguising their phishing page as a donation hub for Ukrainian refugees.

The post Fake USA for UNHCR site wants your Ukraine donations in Bitcoin appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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How to avoid being scammed this Valentine’s Day

February 7, 2022 admin bbb, Better Business Bureau, child sexual abuse, e-cards, fake dating sites, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, john wallace, lockdown loneliness, malware, online scam, phishing, romance scam, SCAM, scams, sextortion, social media scams, social media shopping, survey scams, valentine's day, valentine's day scams, wymoo

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:06:14 +0000

From romance scams and sextortion, to fake dating sites and phishing campaigns, here’s how to avoid a sting in the tail this Valentine’s Day.

Categories: Scams

Tags: BBB Better Business Bureau child sexual abuse e-cards fake dating sites Federal Trade Commission FTC John Wallace lockdown loneliness malware online scam phishing romance scam scam sextortion social media scams social media shopping survey scams valentine’s day Valentine's Day scams Wymoo

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How Internet Savvy are Your Leaders?

December 10, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, Better Business Bureau, Ron Guilmette, Web Listings Inc.

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 20:40:05 +0000

Back in April 2015, I tweeted about receiving a letter via snail mail suggesting the search engine rankings for a domain registered in my name would suffer if I didn’t pay a bill for some kind of dubious-looking service I’d never heard of. But it wasn’t until the past week that it become clear how many organizations — including towns, cities and political campaigns — actually have fallen for this brazen scam.