Tag Archives: Scam
Google, Facebook Accounts Hacked Notification Scam
There’s an email purporting to be from a security source, claiming that your email address associated with the following services (Google, Google Wallet, Facebook, Android Phone and Apple iPhone) might have been hacked by “Anonymous”. This is a scam that tries to get recipients to sign up for a bogus credit report to ensure your [...]
Full StoryPR9 Backlink Guarantee Scam
Have you come across marketing emails that guarantee you link placement on a PR9 (PageRank) web site? It’s highly unlikely that your link will be included on a PR9 page and in most cases they will place your link on a highly ranked web site, but your link will be placed on deeper pages inside [...]
Full StoryBeware of the Life Insurance Scam
There’s an email purporting to be from a legitimate insurance broker, claiming you can save 70% on life insurance. The link in the email goes to a malicious web site that drops a Trojan onto the computer without the users’ knowledge or consent. This type of Trojan virus can record users’ keystrokes and share that [...]
Full StoryBeware of the Free Dell Studio XPS Giveaway Scam
I published an article about this same scam back in July 2010, and once again this scam is being distributed, but with a slight change. Once you enter the page by clicking on the link in the email, you need to answer 4 questions in order to qualify for a Free Dell Studio XPS 17. [...]
Full StoryHome Depot Gift Card Scam
There’s an email going around in bulk purporting to be from Home Depot, claiming to offer a $500 gift card from Home Depot just for providing your email. This is a scam and the senders address is not from Home Depot as shown below in the actual email sent. The spam email is sent in [...]
Full StoryLandMyJob Phishing Scam
LandMyJob.com is scam site purporting to serve up job listings in your area by your (IP Address). If you provide your first name, last name, email and phone and click on “Find Jobs”, you will end up on a page that invites you to express interest in other offers such as online degrees, loans, credit [...]
Full StoryFacebook Lottery Scam
There’s an email purporting to be from Facebook, claiming that the recipient has won a cash prize of $900,000.00 USD. The email is a phishing scam where the sender is looking to obtain personal information to be used for other illegal activities. This is one of the worst scams I have seen in quite some [...]
Full StoryHome Depot Gift Card Scam
There’s an email purporting to be from Home Depot, claiming that you need to click on the link in the email to claim your $1000 USD Home Depot Card. This is a phishing scam out to steal money from people who fall victim to the scam. The link in the email redirects users to a [...]
Full StoryTax Refund Notification Scam
Many people have filed their 2010 tax returns and hopefully you are receiving a refund from Uncle Sam. Unfortunately many tax services send you an email stating your tax refund has been processed or accepted by the IRS or your refund has been sent to your bank. These emails are easy to mimic and that’s [...]
Full StoryWho’s Searching for You Scam
Have you seen the TV commercial about how you can find out who’s searching for you for free? If not, you may be lucky and if you have, I highly recommend that you never share personal information with this site. MyLife.com is an unethical and misleading site that should not be trusted. The TV commercial [...]
Full StoryBeware of Extended Auto Warranty Spam
In the last few days I received a number of emails from the same sender, claiming to offer Extended Auto Warranty. There are three problems with this email that are obvious; It is spam ( I received 5 in the last two days) The online form on the web site is unsecure, meaning your information [...]
Full StoryMaxMySpeed an Annoying Scareware TV Ad
MaxMySpeed.com, a classic scareware bogus registry cleaner, has so far escaped the comparison to Auslogics and CCleaner here on TechJaws. Although it has been rated red on WOT as it should be, and is listed here, their TV commercials lately here in Arizona have been particularly frequent and annoying to me. So much so that [...]
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