Month: June 2012
Commercial debt collection scam by May Wang of Heidelberg China Ltd
Two Ontario lawyers received an email from the purported May Wang of Heidelberg China Ltd with regards to a commercial debt litigation scam. For examples of other names attached to this kind of fraud see our Confirmed Fraud Page. For an explanation of how this fraud works see our Fraud Fact Sheet. Here is the… Read More »
Categories: Debt Collection Fraud, Fraud WarningsTrademark infringement scam by Alexis Yu Man-Chiu
Two Ontario lawyers have just reported to us that they received the following message from the purported Alexis Yu Man-Chiu. This scam is very similar to other breach licence scams we have seen over the last several months. It is a setup to dupe a lawyer into wiring good funds from a trust account after… Read More »
Categories: Fraud Warnings, Intellectual Property Rights FraudLinkedIn confirms breach; how to tell if your account was compromised and what to do
Further to the post earlier today about passwords at LinkedIn being hacked, LinkedIn has issued the following update: Our security team continues to investigate this morning’s reports of stolen passwords. At this time, we’re still unable to confirm that any security breach has occurred. You can stay informed of our progress by following us on… Read More »
Categories: Fraud WarningsReal estate bad cheque scam by Haru Hayate
Two Ontario lawyers have notified us that they’ve been asked to act on real estate transactions that look like an attempt at a bad cheque fraud. In both cases the fraudster (who claims to be out of the country) first contacted the local realtor, who did not detect the scam. For more information on how… Read More »
Categories: Fraud Warnings, Real Estate FraudLinkedIn password breach reported – change your LinkedIn password immediately [Updated]
A post on the TheNextWeb site indicates that a Norweigan IT webite, Dagens IT reported the breach. That site indicates that 6.5 million encrypted LinkedIn passwords have been posted to a Russian hacker site. LinkedIn has responded that they are looking into the breach. To be safe, LinkedIn users should change their passwords immediately. For… Read More »
Categories: Fraud Prevention, Technology