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Spam wave: Fake Turkey and Syria appeals for donations
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While there is a large participation and many aid campaigns for the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria worldwide, cyber gangsters try to steal the money with fake appeals for donations. This is how private individuals and companies recognize the scammers. As Bitdefender reports, cybercriminal free riders are trying to quickly capitalize on the earthquake disaster in Turkey and Syria. The Antispam Lab has discovered scam emails in which a supposed Ukrainian charity is asking for donations. Fake fundraisers The alleged Vladimir Foundation is currently spreading its fraudulent fundraisers in South Korea (49%), Vietnam (19%), the USA and India (7% each), Denmark (3%), Ireland...

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Donation scammers: helping Ukraine as a scam
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Ukraine scammers are expanding their campaign repertoire. Bitdefender's Antispam Lab monitors new scam mail campaigns related to the Ukraine war. Donation fraud with fake emails from aid organizations, welfare organizations, fake websites, fraudulent crowdfunding. Since the outbreak of the war, Bitdefender Anti Spam Lab's filters have been finding e-mails that seek to exploit the willingness of the general public to help. And the trend is rising: spam mails on the back of the tragedy are becoming more, more sophisticated and cynically better and better tailored to the target group, as the following examples show. Calls for crypto donations In a campaign, the authors call for donations to crypto wallets. The first two…

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