Monthly Archives: February 2015

Grammys: J.lo Gave Meghan Trainor Dating Advice – Yahoo News

And she happened to dole out some man advice to Meghan Trainor. On the Grammys red carpet on Sunday , the “All About That Bass” star dished on J.Lo’s words of wisdom: “Be very picky and know what you deserve,” Lopez told the 21-year-old up-and-comer. True that. Trainor hit the red carpet with her father, who then sweetly proclaimed, “That’s why I’m here!” > On getting nominations for record of the year and http://xyznewstoday.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-dating-point-to-launch-its-newest.html song of the year, Trainor said, “It’s a dream come true. I can’t believe that I’m standing up here right now with my adorable father.” When she found out about her nominations the songstress was half asleep, “It was 5 http://getpressrelease.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-dating-point-to-launch-its-newest.html a.m. [when I got the call about the nominations], and I was crying in my sleep.
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What’s Behind Online Dating Fraud? Iovation Quantifies The How Often, What, When And Where – Yahoo Finance

Top Types of Fraud The top five types of fraud that occur on online dating sites, in order of most to least perpetrated, are: 1.Scams/solicitations — User takes advantage of the community to promote nonexistent services and products, or to solicit services from legitimate members 2.Spam — Person is caught sending unsolicited bulk messages via emails, postings, and instant messages to promote other products, websites or companies 3.Credit card fraud — Cybercriminal uses a fake or stolen credit card to create multiple or image source premium accounts to scam users 4.Profile misrepresentation — Fraudster posts inaccurate identity information in a profile this link and/or uses bogus profile photos 5.Identity mining — Scammer makes any attempt to illegitimately acquire personal information from other users through means of phishing, keystroke logging, creating fake business websites and other methods “Scammers used to build relationships only to later repeatedly solicit funds, but now they are causing even more harm,” said O’Hearn. “Acts of blackmail are rapidly increasing. Fraudsters build trust until they convince individuals to send compromising photos or video, and then blackmail their victim with threats to send the media to friends and family if they don’t send money. It’s very important that online daters understand the typical scenarios that put them at risk and watch safety videos provided by the dating sites.” Where Fraudsters Live The highest percentage of fraudulent transactions on online dating sites in 2014 originated from these countries: 1.Nigeria — 29 percent 3.Ivory Coast — 15 percent 4.Vietnam — 10 percent 5.Argentina — 8 percent When Fraud Occurs According to iovation, the highest percentage of fraud attempts on online dating sites in 2014 occurred between 9am to 12pm UTC. This is 1am to 4am PST and 4am to 7am EST. What Consumers Should Look For There are many telltale signs that someone’s looking to defraud you on an online dating site.
Full story: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/whats-behind-online-dating-fraud-194810565.html

Dating Site Topface Says Paid Hacker To Not Sell Stolen Data – Yahoo News

Topface Chief Executive Dmitry Filatov said the company located the hacker, who had published ads to sell the data but had not actually sold them. “Wehave paid him anaward for finding avulnerability and agreed on further cooperation inthe field ofdata security,” Filatov said in an email on Friday, declining to disclose the size of the reward. Topface says it has some 92 million users and 1.6 million daily visitors. Cybersecurity experts typically advise companies not to pay hackers to return stolen data, calling that a ransom and saying cyber criminals often break promises. But Filatov noted that the ads have already been removed and Topface has agreed not to pursue http://www.raleighnewsnow.com/4655-the-dating-point-to-launch-its-newest-website-for-mens-dating-guide_rnn.html charges against the unidentified individual. “As we made an agreement with him we do not see any reason for him to break it,” said Filatov. Atlanta-based fraud protection firm Easy Solutions disclosed the hack on Sunday, reporting on its blog that a hacker known as “Mastermind” was attempting to sell 20 million credentials for an unnamed dating site. The security firm had warned the credentials might be used to access accounts on other sites because people frequently use the same passwords for multiple accounts.
Full story: http://news.yahoo.com/dating-topface-says-paid-hacker-not-sell-stolen-192703658.html