Did you get a check in the mail for a sweepstakes that you didn’t enter?
Here’s the scenario: You go to your mail box and find a letter, usually without a return address, and usually sent from someone outside the country....
September 7, 2010
Tagged: fraud
Email: “Very, Very Serious Warning” or “If This Passes, There Will be War”
Recently an email has been making its rounds, this one challenges the reader to see “how fast can we get this one around the United States...
April 12, 2010
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Conflicker.B Infection Alert
Beware of emails that are circulating from “Microsoft Windows Computer Safety Division” regarding the Conflicker.B worm. The text of the email encourages you to run the...
February 17, 2010
FRAUD: Review annual Social Security statement
Here’s another case of email fraud, this time supposedly from the Social Security Administration (SSA). This is not really from the SSA, nor does the link...
November 23, 2009
FRAUD: Payment Request from “Apple Inc.”
I’ve got one email account that gets a lot of spam – a LOT of spam. At first it upset me that a large chunk of...
November 20, 2009
BEWARE: Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721) email
I got an email from “Microsoft” today warning me of a “Critical Update” for Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express (KB910721). The “hot fix” in the email isn’t remotely...
June 23, 2009
Running Naked with Silver: What they didn’t tell you about the Bank Bailout
Running Naked “Naked Shorting” is a commodities market term that means selling something today for something that you won’t have until later. A good example is...
April 20, 2009
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