Consumer Alert from SPAMfighter on New Phishing Scam Targeting Job Seekers.SPAMfighter Can Help Job Seekers job seeker also job·seek·er n. One who seeks employment. Avoid New Phishing Pronounced "fishing," it is a scam to steal valuable information such as credit card and social security numbers, user IDs and passwords. Also known as "brand spoofing," an official-looking e-mail is sent to potential victims pretending to be from their ISP, bank or retail establishment. Scam BOCA RATON Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla. -- SPAMfighter issued a new consumer alert today regarding the latest phishing attempt, aiming to take advantage of job seekers by sending fake job announcements. E-mail users who receive these e-mails are asked to click on a link, luring them in to a phishing site where there personal information will be stolen. "Phishers are always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. new victims, and new ways to take advantage of e-mail users. Because so many resumes are posted online and job offers are done via e-mail, this is a tricky Adrian Thaws (born January 27, 1968), better known as Tricky, is an English rapper and musician important in the trip hop and British music scene (despite loathing the "trip hop" tag). He is noted for a whispering lyrical style that is half-rapped, half-sung. scheme used to take advantage of job seekers," states Managing Director Alix Aranza. "SPAMfighter is able to stop people from being tricked into this scheme, by filtering these phishing e-mails away from their inbox." Phishing is a trick by spammers to steal personal information from e-mail users. A fake e-mail is sent to a user from a bank, or in this case a potential future employer, which looks legitimate. Users are instructed to click on a link in the e-mail and are taken to another legitimate looking website, where they are then asked to input personal information. This information is stolen and used by the phishers. SPAMfighter, a free anti-spam service, is able to filter these e-mails away from user's inboxes so they never have to see them. In return, e-mail users are helped to avoid falling for phishing scams, such as this one. SPAMfighter draws its power from the fact that over 3.7 million users report spam E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" (UCE), "unsolicited bulk e-mail" (UBE), "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun (the e-mail message) and a verb (to send it). as they receive it, with a single click. Once several users have reported the same spam message, it is automatically filtered for all other users. The result is that approximately 90 percent of all spam is filtered out before it reaches any given user. Get more information about SPAMfighter here: www.spamfighter.com. About SPAMfighter SPAMfighter is Europe's leading spam filter A software routine that deletes incoming spam or diverts it to a "junk" mailbox (see spam folder). Also called "spam blockers," spam filters are built into a user's e-mail program. developer. The Danish company is owned by the founders of Jubii.dk, Henrik Sorensen and Martin Thorborg, together with two programmers This is a list of programmers notable for their contributions to software, either as original author or architect, or for later additions. See also: Game programmer, List of computer scientists , Daniel Hjortholt and Martin Dyring. SPAMfighter employs 35 people and is based in Copenhagen. SPAMfighter is debt-free and is 100 percent financed by income from the sale of the SPAMfighter client. Each day, SPAMfighter removes around 17 million spam messages from 19 million tested emails received by over 3.6 million users in 216 countries/regions. For more information, contact Alix Aranza 561-962-4166, info@spamfighter.com. |
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