| Extreme Social Engineering, from C2C to B2B |
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| Written by Massimo Cotrozzi | |||||
| Wednesday, 16 August 2006 | |||||
This is really
bringing creativeness to a limit. Not only people must be afraid of identity
theft, but also businesses. We know this is not new, but simple "faking
business letters" or pretending to be representing someone else is not what
we're talking about.
In the UK, "The
Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned its members about the threat of
company identity fraud, following reports of bogus calls from people pretending
to be Companies House officials." the FSB site states............
In short terms, what actually happens is that fraudsters are foiling small and medium businesses into giving out codes for accessing online bank accounts, with risks ranging from small financiall losses to business failure. This is in spite of all the "countermeasures" already established by FSB. Giving support to the National Identity Fraud Prevention Week, for example, did not help that much. The one interesting thing that went completely unnoticed is that the first to be impersonated is actually the "Companies House" itself. and declarations like David Croucher's (FSB Home Affairs Chairman)“We urge all small business owners to look after company details carefully and not to respond to unsolicited calls from people saying they are from Companies House and asking for private information. Small business owners that receive such calls should try to obtain a return contact number and contact Companies House immediately.” instill the fact that the callers were not from Companies House. So, where all the details about the called businesses come from? Any laptop lost lately?
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