{"id":332,"date":"2009-03-05T09:46:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T14:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/?p=332"},"modified":"2011-02-11T08:12:48","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T13:12:48","slug":"net-scammers-go-after-gullible-with-fake-stimulus-offers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/net-scammers-go-after-gullible-with-fake-stimulus-offers\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Net scammers go after gullible with fake stimulus offers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/news\/2009\/03\/reader-beware-online-stimulus-ads-are-bogus.ars\">&#8216;Net scammers go after gullible with fake stimulus offers<\/a>: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/news\/2009\/03\/reader-beware-online-stimulus-ads-are-bogus.ars\"><\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>\nScammers are always on the lookout for sociopolitical events they can craft into a phishing hook; we&#8217;ve seen the thieves try lures flavored with everything from holiday celebrations to information on international assassinations. The various security firms and organizations in the United States have been <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/news\/2009\/03\/spam-slightly-lower-in-february-but-botnets-still-lurking.ars\">warning<\/a> of an uptick in recession-themed spam for the past few months. Families feeling the pinch&mdash;particularly those where one or more providers is in their second to third month of unemployment&mdash;are more likely to take a chance on an ad that seems too good to be true, even if they logically know the chance of finding a golden ticket is slim indeed.\n<\/p>\n<p>For More details, head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/\">Ars Technica<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Net scammers go after gullible with fake stimulus offers: &#8220; Scammers are always on the lookout for sociopolitical events they can craft into a phishing hook; we&#8217;ve seen the thieves try lures flavored with everything from holiday celebrations to information on international assassinations. The various security firms and organizations in the United States have been <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/net-scammers-go-after-gullible-with-fake-stimulus-offers\/\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[27,19],"tags":[1838],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The constant WPCACHEHOME must be set in the file wp-config.php and point at the WP Super Cache plugin directory. -->