According to the consumer fraud reporting research on internet scams, scam complaints and reports increased by more than 30% from 2008 to 2009 alone. More disturbing yet is the fact that more than 65% of these scams originated from theUS, followed closely byUK at 10.5% andNigeria at 7.5%. A line from a recent movie goes…

Scam Signature Message: [name] Need help please.. 🙂 can you please click “Click Here” in her profile.. Thanks! Scam Type: Malware, Chat-jacking Trending: May 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the link takes you to profile page of the lovely, Estella Gillespie. She looks harmless enough, right? Think again – The “CLICK HERE” link on…

Scam Signature Message: Hey hows it going george, look at you in this video.. What are you doing? LOL! Scam Type: Phishing Site spread via Facebook Chat Trending: April 2011 Why it’s a Scam: The link received via Facebook Chat appears as a Facebook application: apps.facebook[dot]com/normanisingdndxv/, but the url redirects you to the following phishing…

Scam Signature Message: OMG Look at what I did in this video… Wow a little embarrassing… lol! Scam Type: Phishing Site Trending: April 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking on the “Look at me haha:P” link takes the user to the following phishing site: Although this page appears to be the legitimate Facebook login screen,…