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HOT ISSUE: A Case of Malicous (Fraud) Email!

On May 30, 2009, we received an email sent by a certain MONICA LOVFANDER. The
message has this subject: DEAR EMAIL ACCOUNT OWNER. The message instructed us to send them valueable information, asor our email account will be deleted. Here's the full context statedof the below:message:

DEAR EMAIL ACCOUNT OWNER
...
Monica Lofvander <Monica.Lofvander@ki.se>

Dear Subscriber,

Due to spam complaints of email users in our webmail system,
our investigation shows that your email address is compromised
and is used to send out spam message in our webmail system.

As a result, our network engineer will be conducting a maintenance in
our webmail system, your Username will be disabled if you do not send
us the required information within 24hrs.

Information Required:

Your Full Name:
Username:
Password:
Retype Password:

We value your business and thanks for using our Webmail Service.

Maintenance Webmail Team. Webmail Upgrading Service
Email:upgradingsv@sify.com


The email looks suspicious as we never subscribed to any webmail system other than Yahoo Mail. So we
decided to investigate. It turns out that this email message was a fraud which aims to collect/ solicit private information from you for whichever purpose as manipulating your email accounts. Once you gave them the information they need, then they will have full control of your email account and use your identity to commit cyber crimes such as sending 419 scams and other fraudulent emails.

Apparently, the owner of the email address, Monica.Lofvander@ki.se is a Medical Doctor specializing in pain
theraphy. Monica B. Loumlfvander is a Swedish family physician and book/ article author,author who we deemed was recently victimized by the same fraud email,email and in which syndicates now uses her identityname to lure other victims.

Security alert: If you receive an email message with this subject and content, DO
NOT REPLY, REPORT IT AS SPAM, AND DELETE IT FROM YOUR INBOX!


Be safe, be wise, and be aware. Report any fraud to us.

Email us at issuesonline@rocketmail.com


PC World - Top 5 Online ScamOur Recent Expose:

Total Pop Star, is it legal?
Total Pop Star

TOTAL POP STAR, one of the largest online singing competition might be in hot
water if proven to be violating certain U.S. and Interstate Laws.

This surfaced after it was discovered that Total Pop Star has not been licensed, neither
registered at Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and SESAC.

Read More



Pinay.Org - Top 10 Online ScamOther Issues:

A Quite Interesting Story of An Online Scam.

This is sent by one of our International correspondent: A woman who allegedly identified herself as Rayanah Alex from Somalia, Africa sent a friendly message. Our man replied and ask for more information regarding the sender. She replied back with an attachment of her photo. Few more exchange of messages and the real motive was revealed. Interesting? Read more...

A list of E-MAIL SPAM messages

These are lists of emails that you might be receiving. The messages could vary, usually disguised as lottery draw winnings or a collective funds or a bank account from a deceased owner. These are all frauds with the goal of collecting a large sum of money from you and other consumers. Check your email if you had any of these. Read more...

Top Story:

The Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security
Saturday, July 12, 2008

The Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security <http://www.php.isn.ethz.ch/index.cfm> (PHP, the former Parallel HistoryProject on NATO and the Warsaw Pact), provides new scholarly perspectives on contemporary international history by collecting, publishing, and interpreting formerly secret governmental documents. *

In response to the declassification of NATO records and the growing availability of documents from archives in Eastern and Central Europe, PHP as a cooperative undertaking of more than twenty partner institutes brings together leading Cold War historians, archivists, and government officials.The findings are presented to the specialist academic community atconferences and published both in print and on the PHP website.

Since its establishment in 1999, the project has collected thousands of pages of material on security-related issues of the Cold War, published alarge number of online documentaries and publications on central issues such as mutual threat perceptions and alliance management, and organized several major international conferences on war planning, intelligence, andintra-bloc tensions.

The thrust of PHP research interest is in the recent historical origins and development of current security issues and institutions on the basis of newly available documentary evidence.

The main issues of research interest in the coming years are:

- The European Security Model
- NATO Enlargement and Its Out-of-Area Problem
- Regional Security in Asia, Latin America, and Africa
- Threat Perceptions, Strategic Doctrines, Military Plans
- Peacekeeping and Nongovernmental Organizations as New Security Factors
during and after the Cold War


The PHP website has become a leading online clearing-house for scholars, policymakers, students, and the wider public. The worldwide use of the PHP website is steadily increasing. More than 2,000 subscribers receive the monthly "PHP News" as an electronic mailing.(source PHP)

Website http://www.php.isn.ethz.ch/index.cfm



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INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM ORGANIZATIONS

Springing up all over the world are organizations committed to the ideals of a free press, many of which join together to share resources for the common good of investigative journalism around the globe. More organizations and partnerships are formed every year. Here is a sampling of organizations with a strong investigative bent:

Association of Investigative Journalism, Brazil

Newly formed professional organization of investigative journalists in Brazil.

Association of Investigative Journalists of Armenia
www.hetq.am/en/index.html
Assists the development of investigative journalism in Armenia and strengthens freedom of speech and democratic principles.


Canadian Association of Journalists

www.caj.ca
Promotes excellence in journalism, is the national voice of Canadian journalists and upholds the public's right to know.

Center for Investigative Reporting
www.muckraker.org
Based in San Francisco, it is a reporting organization dedicated to independent, in-depth coverage of social issues.

Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations in Russia
www.cjes.ru
Monitors abuse of journalist rights, creates investigation groups and researches legislation.

Center for Public Integrity
www.publicintegrity.org and www.icij.org
Based in Washington, D.C., it specializes in "public service journalism," working with news organizations worldwide. Its program, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, is a network of over 80 reporters in 40 countries.


Centro de Periodistas de Investigación

investigacion.org.mx
Founded with IRE's help in 1996, Periodistas de Investigación now has members across Latin America. The Mexico City-based group offers workshops in investigative and computer-assisted reporting and Spanish-language resources that include databases, story archives and Web links.

Committee to Protect Journalists
www.cpj.org

Monitors abuses against the press and promotes press freedom around the world.


Danish Association for Investigative Journalism
and the Danish Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
www.fuj.dk and www.dicar.org
These Copenhagen-based groups sponsor conferences and offers resources on investigative and computer-assisted reporting. The groups also serve as key partners with IRE in hosting the Global Conference on Investigative Journalism.


European Journalism Centre
www.ejc.nl
From Maastricht, Netherlands, it serves as a networking mechanism for journalists from Western and Eastern Europe and provides strategic support for European media.


Fund for Investigative Journalism
http://fij.org
Gives grants to reporters working outside the protection and backing of major news organizations.

Grävände Journalister, Sweden
www.fgj.se
This association of investigative journalists is based in Stockholm runs conferences and seminars, and publishes guidebooks and reprints of investigative reports.

International Center for Journalists
www.icfj.org
The Washington, D.C.-based center deploys U.S. journalists overseas to train and consult and brings overseas professionals to the states for training and internships.

International Federation of Journalists
www.ifj.org
Based in Brussels, Belgium, it serves as an umbrella group for more than 100 national journalist associations around the world. It promotes action to defend press freedom and social justice through strong, free and independent trade unions of journalists.


Investigative Journalism Center (IJC)
www.investigativejournalism.org
The Investigative Journalism Center, based in Zagreb, Croatia, is strictly nonpartisan and independent. Its aim is to promote independent investigative journalism and the professionalisation of the media, believing that these are pillars of a strong civil society and, consequently, a modern democratic state.

International Journalists' Network
www.IJNet.org
The International Journalists' Network (IJNet) is an online service for journalists, media managers, media assistance professionals, journalism trainers and educators and anyone else with an interest in the state of the media around the world.


Institute for
War and Peace Reporting

www.iwpr.net/home_index_new.html
The London-based organization strengthens local journalism in areas of conflict through training.


Investigative Journalism Association, Bulgaria

bmc.bulmedia.com/EN/profiles/ija.htm
The association contributes to the development of investigative journalism in Bulgaria and assists with investigative projects.


Investigative Reporters and Editors
www.ire.org

With 5,000 members from 27 countries, IRE is the world's largest association of investigative journalists. IRE holds conferences, workshops and seminars; holds an annual awards program; offers access to reporting resources and government databases; and publishes helpful books and periodicals.

Latvian Media Professionals
www.ijnet.org/News/CEENIS/Latvia/training.html

Sponsors journalism training workshops for Latvian journalists from all media. (Third-party information)

Media Institute of Southern Africa

www.misanet.org
Supports independent media on the continent. It has members in 11 of the Southern Africa Development Community countries.

NetMedia, Great Britain
www.net-media.co.uk

NetMedia, in partnership with other journalism organizations, hosts an annual Internet conference and European Online Journalism Awards.


Netzwerk Recherche, Germany

www.netzwerkrecherche.de
This network of reporters seeks to foster the culture of investigation and research in German journalism. The network also seeks to improve access to information in governmental institutions.

Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
www.pcij.org
An independent agency that specializes in investigative reporting. Based in Manila, PCIJ funds investigative projects, publishes books and a magazine and runs training seminars.

Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism
www.iwpr.net

Works against the stifling of investigative journalism in Romania. (Third-party information)

Southeast Asian Press Alliance
www.seapa.org
An umbrella group for several journalism organizations in the region.


Southeastern European Network for Professionalization of the Media

www.seenpm.org/ and http://icej.hnd.hr/seecar/about_us.htm
Based in Bulgaria, SEENPM was created by 17 media centers and institutes in Southeastern Europe to raise journalism standards, improve the media environment and encourage cooperation among media professionals. It has a subgroup on computer-assisted reporting (SEENCAR).

Stiftelsen for en Kritisk og Underøkende Presse, Norway
www.ij.no/skup/

S.K.U.P is an association promoting a critical and investigative press in Norway.

SwissInvestigation.net
http://www.swissinvestigation.net/

The Swiss investigative network is an independent organisation promoting the exchange of contacts and competences between the Swiss investigative reporters and their foreign colleagues.

Vereniging van Onderzoeksjournalisten
www.vvoj.nl
An organization of Dutch-speaking journalists in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Members:

ACCESS Association, Bulgaria
www.access.online.bg

Albanian Media Institute

www.media-diversity.org/rdn_partners/Albanian%20Media%20Institute.htm

Association of Independent Broadcasters ANEM, Serbia and Montenegro
www.anem.org.yu

Center for Independent Journalism, Bulgaria
www.bmc.galaxite.net

Center for Independent Journalism, Hungary
www.ijf-cij.org/budapest.html

Center for Independent Journalism, Romania

www.cji.ro

Forum of Media Initiatives, Belgrade, Serbia, Montenegro

www.fomin.org.yu

Independent Journalism Center, Moldova

http://ijc.iatp.md

International Center for Education of Journalists, Croatia

http://icej.hnd.hr

Macedonian Institute for the Media

www.mim.org.mk

Media Development Center, Bulgaria

www.mediacenterbg.org

Media Center Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

www.mediacenter.org.yu

Media Center Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

www.media.ba

Media Plan Institute Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
www.mediaplan.ba

Montenegro Media Institute, Serbia and Montenegro

www.mminstitute.org

Peace Institute, Slovenia

www.mirovni-institut.si

Search for Common Ground, Macedonia

www.sfcg.org

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