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15 Phishing Scams to Watch Out For

by Warren Riddle on March 5, 2009 at 02:01 PM
Parking ticket scam

In perhaps the most daring phishing scam to date, emboldened grifters in North Dakota actually hit the streets, tagging cars with fake parking tickets. The faux-tickets included a Web address and instructed the unwitting recipients to download an application from the site which the victim could, in turn, use to view a picture of their vehicle. Unbeknownst to the marks, they were actually downloading Vundo, a Trojan application which monitors computer activities. Unlike in-session, pop-up window phishing, this scam is easily detected by most anti-virus software. We haven't seen any other cases of this particular scam reported, but don't download any software recommended by anything you may find on your car window. Ever.



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