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Phishing eMail Scam targeted Facbook and Google for $100 Million Dollars.
So how does one scam companies like Facebook and Google out of $100 Million Dollars?
Evaldas Rimasauskas, 50, pleaded guilty last week to wire fraud. The scheme used was to register a fake company whose name was the same as a company which did business with Google and Facebook. Then Phishing emails were sent asking for money to pay fake invoices.
Click on this link to visit the CNBC website to read their new article titled: “How this scammer used phishing emails to steal over $100 million from Google and Facebook”.
The scam was started in 2013. It worked and kept being used. Then in 2017 Evaldas was arrested in Lithuania and was then extradited to the US where he was charged with one count of Wire Fraud. Evaldas also had to forfeit over $49 Million dollars.
Click on this link to visit the Reuters website to read their new article titled: “Lithuanian pleads guilty in U.S. to massive fraud against Google, Facebook”.
One would think that after scamming Millions of Dollars, that Evaldas would have done a quick Google search for countries which do not have an Extradition Treaty with the US. The other question which comes to mind is: When is the amount scammed enough? Why keep doing it till you are caught? I believe such actions are due to someone being afflicted with “Never Enough Disease”.
Video is courtesy of the Fortune Magazine YouTube channel
Click on this link to visit the official US Government Justice.Org website to view the official U.S. v. Evaldas Rimasauskas Indictment. Clicking on the gold colored “U.S. v. Evaldas Rimasauskas Indictment” line will allow you to download a copy of said indictment.
Posted by Vincent Banial
Increase your CyberSecurity by installing VirusTotal web browser extensions from Chronicle
Chronicle is a new CyberSecurity company that you have never heard of. Google’s Search Engine can be your friend when doing web searches. Well Google also owns Chronicle. Google can be your friend when trying to increase your CyberSecurity on the Internet.
Click on this link to visit the Business Insider webpage where they discuss Google’s New CyberSecuroty Division called Chronicle.
Chroncile’s offering is for Enterprise customes. One the products which Chronicle has is called VirusTotal, which can be used by home users. VirusTotal comes as a Extensions for popular web browes like FireFox, Chrome and IE Explorer.
Video curtesy of the Google Cloud Platform YouTube channel
From the VirusTotal website: “Imagine you log into your Gmail account and find a suspicious email from your bank. The email informs you about an unauthorized access to your account and asks you to follow a link and provide your credentials to view the account access log. Wouldn’t it be great if you could simply right-click on the link and check it against VirusTotal in order to understand whether it is legit or report a phishing site? Wouldn’t it be great if you could do this just with that right-click, without having to navigate to VirusTotal and refer to the URL tab? This is what VirusTotal’s browser extensions allow you to do, and they come in flavors for the most widespread browsers.“
Click on this link to visit the download page at VirusTotal for their Web Browser Extensions.
Thank You Google News
I have no idea how this site ended up on Google News.
Reminds me of the time when I closed our CLiK CLiK Vic Zenfolio Photo Site. A few days later I got a personal email from a Google employee, asking me to check my Zenfolio site out as their Search Engine Spiders could no longer get into the site. Google is huge and here they were reaching out to a compartively tiny website run on a 3rd party platform (Zenfolio) which was not owned by Google. Simply amazing for them to do that.
Since we setup Uniquely Toronto here on WordPress, Google has consistently sent their Spiders to index any new posts and the Google Search Engine has referred hundreds of thousands of visitors our sites.
I have said it before and I’ll keep saying it:
Thank You Google !!
and
Thank You Google News !!!
Thank You, Google! You guys ROCK!
I have said many a time that
“Google is your Friend”
and I will gladly
say it again
“Google is your Friend“!
I was floored this morning. Checking the stats for this site, I noted that people were being sent here by Google Play Newsstand.
Google’s Search Engine has consistently picked up our posts and referred people our way. Their Andriod Search platform also refers people to this site. Now Google Play Newsstand has joined in. I am humbled and extremely appreciative. Thank You, Google.
This reminds me of something which happened in the past. After I closed our Zenfolio site, I received an email from a Google Search Engine employee. He informed me that Google’s Search Engine was finding a problem with our Zenfolio site and that they wanted to make me aware of it. 404 page not found errors were coming up. That email blew me away. It also showed me the Corporate Culture at Google focuses on and really does care about their customers. All of us using the internet are Google’s customers.
Thank You, Google !!!!!
Thank You Google! Our prior post: Dom Perignon “Cabaret” has made it to the top of Google’s Search Results
As a way of getting my mind to shift to something positive, I try to post about things which our Readers would normally not come across. I love Matt Drudge‘s site called Drudge Report. IMHO, one key to his success is that one does not know what to expect each day when visiting the Drudge Report.
The last couple of posts found here showcase two amazing “Commercials” from Europe. Both are wonderful Works of Art and are true Eye Candy.
I check Google every once in while to see how we are doing. Thank You Google. Your Search Engine Results just changed my State. I’m now sporting a huge smile.
Why?
Do a Google search on the following : Dom Perignon “Cabaret”.
Click on this line to view that Google Search.
Google has our post as being the 2nd from the top. Harpers Bazaar is huge and beat us to the top spot. Our post beat out a post on the Wall Street Journal and also on the Fashion Week Daily. It is not easy to get on the front page of Google Search results. To be one of the top three results is something to celebrate.
The other Search engines like Duck Duck Go, Yahoo and Bing may pick up our posts after about a week. Google visits us at least once per day. Thank You again Google, You just changed my day.
Now I have to prepare my Taxes – yea I put it off to the very last minute. Apparently I have utill May 02 2016…
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Nik Plugin Collection by Google, is now available for only $149.00 US.
UPDATE: this has EXPIRED a long time ago
Nik Collection by Google consists of all the following Nik Plugins: HDR Efex Pro 2, Silver Efex Pro 2, Color Efex Pro 4, Sharpener Pro 3, Dfine 2 and Viveza 2. This new version is available for only $149. Yes, all the plugins for only $149. Continue reading
Queen, Freddie Mercury. Bohemian Rhapsody and an incredible singer named Suzie McNeil.
Photo of Suzie McNeil LIve! Awesome performance reminiscent of the late Freddie Mercury. Photo courtesy of ccvic.zenfolio.com
One of the great songs of the era which we have shared, is Bohemian Rhapsody. It is permanently welded into my memory banks. Queen was arguably one of the best bands, if not the best. They sounded as good live as they did on studio produced albums. Not an easy task. There was also never any lip syncing at their live performances. Continue reading
My How to Blog adventure. Theme search. Also discovered the importance of Keywords.
It wasn’t till I started this WordPress Blog that my learning curve went parabolic. I had been keeping the blog on my photo site for months. I did not give much thought to SEO or Keywords and Tags. The theme layout bothered me, but I found it frustrating when trying to customize it. When something worked I left it alone, fearing that I might break it.
Sure it all worked but I never realized how much better it could look, nor how many more people could actually find out about the photo site. That has all now changed.Since starting up this WordPress Blog and a clone on Blogger as a test, a whole new world has opened up.
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