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Comment on Mary, Mary, why ya buggin’? by JKWelsh

JKWelsh — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:53:12 +0000

Im in a similar position. My inbox has been inundated by Mary Mails. 20-30 a day – aways from Mary. Hope they aren’t working their way through the alphabet!

Comment on Yet another $1,000 Walmart Gift Card scam by CorI Sulinski

CorI Sulinski — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:04:46 +0000

From this number (305) 798-1094
I received this text:

Congratulations! You have been chosen to receive a $1000 Wal-Mart Gift Card. Please go to http://bit.ly/HCzRAZ

To optout reply “stop”.

Comment on Spam Dissection: There may be a change to your Experian credit-score by Shiela

Shiela — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:27:39 +0000

Messages with the Facio & Associates address in the body of the message have been showing up in my inbox for months. Not only is there one for pharmaceuticals, but also for credit checks like the one above, electric bills, “instant” loans deposited directly to your account, 6-pack abs, and about 6 or 8 other baits.
I usually look at my messages online before I download, so the “white print” stuff is clearly visible, and present in nearly all the messages. The messages tend to arrive in groups, with sender addresses where the domain name is the same for the group. Then the next group of messages, with the same content, arrives and it has a different domain name. Some of the messages include business names & addresses for other parts of the country as well as the Facio & Ass. in Washington DC.
Nowadays, I just go through my online inbox and check all the familiar fraud items and click on the delete button. After that, I can download the real email to my regular mail system.

Comment on Hoax Alert: Olympic Torch Virus by dave

dave — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:08:28 +0000

Actually, just about any email that says ‘forward this to all of your friends’ (or something similar to that,) is almost always a hoax. This includes but is not limited to the ones that say ‘this is not a hoax’.

Comment on Hoax Alert: Olympic Torch Virus by Marianne

Marianne — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:12:19 +0000

Thanks Clint, for as always a great sense of humor and vital information.

Comment on Text message scam: there needs to be a word for this by Smishing and Vishing | mч cєll prívαcч

Smishing and Vishing | mч cєll prívαcч — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:57:58 +0000

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Comment on Shady Online Advertisements by Clint

Clint — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:54:05 +0000

I’d bet the Penny Stock market has always done that, and always will. Unless you could go back to a time when a nickel was actually a significant investment. 1903 perhaps.

In any case, it carries that aroma of “Hey, this investment is guaranteed to shoot up in value!” which is a sure sign of a shady investment that’s going to tank any second and lose you money.

I wish I had a “Typhoid Mary” computer here so I could just go ahead and click on all these ads to see what happens; I’d be willing to bet it doesn’t even take you to an actual investment opportunity, but tries to get you to sign up for something that’s going to end up on your cell phone bill.

Comment on Shady Online Advertisements by Elaine Walker

Elaine Walker — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:43:01 +0000

Didn’t the Penny Stock market blow up in our faces in the 1970′s? I guess they’re targeting young investors who weren’t born then and didn’t see the headlines, devastation and fraud surrounding Penny Stocks.

Comment on Retired couple gives away $11 million lottery win, but not to you by Clint

Clint — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:48:53 +0000

They’ve got yet another Gmail address now, I see.

Looks like the Hamilton Southeastern Schools’ email server automatically tacks on one of those “for your eyes only” type of disclaimers on every message, which is a good thing, since it makes the scam attempt all the more obvious.

Comment on The “Slow Computer” Scam by Bob

Bob — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:31:39 +0000

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