Archive for the 'SPAM' Category

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 (malware). The e-mail [...]

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 the way to see [...]

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 Wednesday found [...]

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 the actual html [...]

77,000 people paid $3 million to get involved assembling “refrigerator magnets” at home. They were told they could earn $800 per week in this business.
To do that, of course, they’d have to assemble 20 magnets per hour for 40 hours per week for $1 per magnet. Since most of these refrigerator magnets don’t sell for [...]

Please beware the latest PayPal Scam. It’s almost laughable but beware anyway. If you receive such an email, forward it to spoof@paypal.com and then delete it.
PayPal doesn’t need copies of this information. They verify your personal information directly with the financial institution and when you verify the amounts deposited in your checking and/or savings accounts.
These [...]

I shouldn’t have to tell you this, but you should have to tell people you can’t really make money stuffing envelopes either, but that lie never seems to die either.
There’s a new slew of phony emails claiming to be from the IRS and offering you a refund.
When you respond they steal your personal information and [...]

Here’s a relatively new site/blog combo I’m very familiar with on the “fix credit file” topic.
It doesn’t have Akismet installed to kill spam (though that’s good) so all comments are set to be moderated.
My point in all this is that the site’s about a month old and already getting spammers trying to leave their comment [...]

I guess it’s not only uneducated people who get taken in by scams.  This fellow was a law student at a major Ivy League Law School! Again, the scam was posted on Craigslist! It’s worth reading the whole article.
From the Washington City Paper
An intriguing Craigslist job ad turned up on June 21 of [...]