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BMW Lottery Email Scam is Back – This time it is M240i

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Claim Your Car and Check with your Winning Code Does the subject of the email appeal you? If yes, then you surely are clueless of  Email scams . Falling for an email scam is something that can happen to anyone. It’s a frightening concept & often results in undiluted panic. Crafted to appear legitimate, fraudulent emails disguise renowned banks or other trusted sources with the main motive being to yank user’s chain. A recent instance of hoax emails compel users to provide their  full name, address & mobile numbers  in lieu to winning a free 2018 BMW 2 Series M240i . The  BMW Lottery Scam  tricks you to think that you have won a BMW car. However, users are required to reply to the email with the personal information it demands to claim the prize. A reply to the email may appear secure & healthy; however, it definitely entraps users in an array of negatives. It is not uncommon that threat actors may reply to the email to seek more informa...

Email Scam Exposed: $ 20K Demand in Bitcoins for a Bomb Threat

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Bomb in your building! Threatened? Well don’t be!  A wave of hoax bomb threats swept the United States on Thursday that rendered people in turmoil. Universities and offices all across the country witnessed the same threat that appeared in email inboxes. The message was delivered with the subject lines similar to: No Need to be Heroic Rescue service will complicate the situation My device is inside your building You are responsible for people. These emails proceeded to state that the sender has hired a recruited mercenary to place an explosive device inside the recipient’s building. It further threatened the victim to pay  $20,000  by the end of the day in-difficult-to-trace cybercurrency i.e. bitcoin to get the bomb deactivated or else it would be detonated. This extortion email campaign is known to have originated from Russia & is suspected to have been delivered from  194.58.x.x IP range and some from 193.124.x.x . Apart from the U.S.A; the em...

How to Remove My Email hub from your system?

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What is ‘My Email Hub’ Browser Redirect? ‘ My Email Hub ’ is a malicious browser plug-in that hijacks user’s browsers. The pernicious browser extension is created by cyber offenders to take control of all the installed web browsers and infect them by displaying sponsored ads that may be malevolent. The installation of this browser plug-in also ruins user’s browsing experience as their online search results are inaccurate as they are redirected to sponsored web pages to promote affiliated websites. These web domains are malicious and host infectious code. This makes the victimized PC susceptible to many other system infections. This nasty  Browser Hijacker  lures user to install the free browser plug-in by making false claims of providing one- click access to email accounts right from user New Tab page. The nasty extension prompts user to download and install the plug-in with the promise of not having to type the URL of the email provider again and providing quick acc...

FIFA World Cup 2018 Coca-Cola Lottery scam

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These ads may sound tempting and many football fans would want to make easy money by betting on the game.  However, the host nation Russia has warned the football enthusiasts to beware of growing number of hoax emails and messages. The scams fraudulently claim to be associated with FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia. These scams invite recipients to submit a tender or inform recipients to have won a lottery prize. In order to receive the price money, recipients are persuaded to provide personal information or bank details to initiate the process. In some cases recipients are even asked to send the money as upfront payment to enter the tender process. FIFA World Cup 2018 Coca-Cola Lottery scam emails have following traits: 1. It appears to come from financial institution and looks official. 2. The email may contain Pin Code Number, Winning number, or some Bonus number and appears to be delivered by Coca Cola. 3. In order to gain user confidence the mail may also include a false cheque....