Submit 11 fraudulent Social Security benefit applications.Submit 12 change of address requests with the US Postal Service.File 13 fraudulent tax returns with an online tax filing service.Register for 14 trial accounts with a commercial sales leads service to collect targeting data for BEC attacks.Submit 48 credit card applications at four US-based financial institutions, resulting in the approval of at least $65,000 in fraudulent credit.In an example included in their report, Agari said it saw one group in particular use 56 'dotted' variations of a Gmail address to: In a report published today, the team at email security firm Agari says it saw criminal groups use dotted Gmail addresses in many more places all last year. Online websites like Netflix, Amazon,eBay, and government portals, treat each dotted email address as a different account, which provides a breeding ground for all sorts of problems. The reason why this trick works is because 'dotted' Gmail address alternatives are a pure-Gmail feature, not found with many online email providers.
