New phishing scam targets troops’ fiancees

New phishing scam targets troops’ fiancees
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Apr 3, 2012

 One of the latest phishing scams targets fiancées of service members in an attempt to lure them into “registering” in the Defense Finance and Accounting Service “system” to be entitled to receive benefits if their service member dies — for a $350 fee. It’s not from DFAS. Rather, it’s a typical scam used by phishers when trying to extract personal information and, in this case, money, from any victim who takes the bait. read more here