Archive for the 'Scams' Category

From Ronald Kessler If you’ve been on the internet for long… it should be old hat. “Don’t open email from strangers and don’t download the attachments!” That’s in addition to “have a firewall”, updated antivirus and antispyware programs,etc. The FBI is concerned because these “zombie networks” could be used in denial of service attacks on [...]

I don’t know the “school” but I was talking with a lady wanting to do home medical transcription. She told me she was taking a “course” to allow her to do medical transcription at home. When she described the course – she said it was teaching her how to use POWER POINT! Folks, my wife’s [...]

Undress4Success has a good introduction to how scams get “recycled” again and again. The names change but these 21 “themes” keep recurring. Some things though are overgeneralizations that make for good lists but might not be universally true. Take this one for example: #2 — Send us money and . . . We’ll send you [...]

This is apparently a job posting in the name of a legitimate company called “Ashley Furniture” There is good reason to believe it to be a scam however. Some have reported it’s a scam run by a Nigerian ring. How could you tell this from the ad? What should alert you before you respond? One [...]

If you have computer programming skills and are fluent in Mandarin, Portugese, or Russian, there may be a home based computer job waiting for you… working for hackers.  That is if you don’t happen to care that you’re creating computer viruses to steal, scam, and otherwise pillage the cybercountryside. As I said, misanthropes only need [...]

From EmergencyEmail.org Internet Alert: St. Valentine’s Day E-Card Carries Storm Worm Virus If you unexpectedly receive a Valentine’s Day e-card, be careful. It may not be from a secret admirer, but instead might contain the Storm Worm virus. With the holiday approaching, be on the lookout for spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software [...]

This video will help you tell legitimate work at home telecommuting jobs from the scams. You can see the video here at RatRaceRebellion. With the assistance of Scamlock Holmes™ — Rat Race Rebellion’s scam sleuth extraordinaire — our own Chris Durst investigates a company that claims to have a home-based job opening. Watch as Chris [...]

Was it P.T. Barnum that said something like that about people paying good money to see bearded ladies? It could also be applied as well today. I thought everyone realized that supposed emails from the IRS were all bogus, but no. A lady asked me to help her get her “online refund”. I showed her [...]

As social networking either becomes the greatest boon for building a business online ever – or the biggest time waster depending how you use it, scammers are at work to take advantage of your desire to use the new medium. Facebook users beware. Wired:Fraudsters Target Facebook With Phishing Scam Some Facebook users checking their accounts [...]

Here’s the latest attempt to steal your PayPal information and, as a result, loot your bank accounts and max out your credit cards. It’s a phishing email with the subject line that reads “Account Renewal Form”. PayPal of course doesn’t need you to “renew” your account. It is quite cleverly done because unless you read [...]