Cyber Fraud

66 n Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

“Pump-and-dump scams have largely been victims of their own success (Figure 2.35). Many

users will buy into a stock after seeing spam, as they try to take advantage of the scam for their

own benefit. e scams do not typically harm recipients using software vulnerabilities, but have

been known to spread using malicious methods. ere are methods available to block spoofed

e-mail messages that users can employ to limit exposure to these types of attacks, such as the

Sender Policy Framework (SPF). Obviously this attack greatly impacts those who lose money on

the stocks, but they have little ...