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With March Madness gambling right around the corner, many online gambling sites are expecting a surge in Internet gamblers. Unfortunately, many are uneducated to the potential dangers of choosing the wrong online gambling site, and an Internet security provider has recently issued a caution to those who might turn to Internet to place their wagers.
According to BitDefender, a provider of award winning anti-malware security solutions, has issued a statement surrounding rogue gambling sites, phishing attempts, and similar attempts at electronic crime. Most of this crime was designed to steal personal data.
E-mail spam is a chronic problem for most people, and phishing attempts are turning to online gambling offers in order to pull credit card numbers and personal information. A rule of thumb states that if you did not sign up for a newsletter or mailing list, ignore all offers from these online gambling sites, as they are likely a rogue business seeking to harvest personal data. Only the most trusted USA Online Gambling sites should be used.
Fake online gambling sites are becoming more popular over the past few months. According to the press release, February saw a surge of these fake gambling sites, which are attempting to hook players in in order to facilitate identity theft.
Part of the vulnerability USA online gamblers face is that of the lack of regulation of the market in the United States.
“Online gambling exists in a murky grey area and casual gamblers can easily become victim to different types of cybercrimes – of which money and identity thefts are the most common,” stated Catalin Cosoi, BitDefender Senior Researcher.
The need for the regulation of online gambling is at an all time high, as only through the protection of the industry can players truly be safe from thievery. Greed will always be a problem in the entertainment industry, and those who are simply seeking to place wagers will either have to stick only to those gambling sites that have earned trust or find another way to wager without the risk of a thief’s implications.
Written by: Glen on March 17, 2010.
SOURCE: http://www.usaplayers.com
2 Visitor Reactions & Comments:
I have received dozens of these gambling site scams, but 99% of them have arrived correctly in my spam folder. I use gmail and I must say that they do a good job of sorting out the spam. I always check my spam folder and so see and learn from all these scams. People that use email need to get wise to all the telltail signs - No, you haven't won the lottery just with a random email address; No, you are not going to inherit a fortune from a lost relative in Africa, etc.
Yup... I agreed with your statement. Gmail is really awesome in filtering spamming
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