The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is receiving reports of a new telephone scam from a company that refers to itself as “CreditCard Services.” The company claims to be affiliated with the FDIC and offers to lower credit card interest rates. To verif...

The US-CERT is aware of public reports of email scams circulating related to the Swine Flu. The attacks arrive via an unsolicited email message typically containing a subject line related to the Swine Flu. These email messages may contain a link or an attachment. If users c...

Unsolicited commercial email, or “spam,” is the starting point for many email scams. Before the advent of email, scammers had to contact each potential victim individually by post, fax, telephone, or through direct personal contact. These methods would often re...