by admin | Jul 12, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Copied below is an email currently being circulated that is a good example of a social engineering phishing email designed to either get you to provide personal information or to click on a link that will download keystroke logging malware on your computer that will...
by admin | Jul 9, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Below is a good example of a scam phishing email send by an identity thief attempting to lure the receiver of the email, (in this case, me) to download the attachment, which will then cause of one of two things to happen, both of which are bad. Either by downloading...
by admin | Jan 20, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
I receive the same phishing emails that you do and so when I do get one, I like to pass on a warning to everyone. Today’s scam email came with “Please confirm your identity” on the subject line. The email purported to be from Apple and, like all...
by admin | Dec 10, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phony shipping phishing scam. Try saying that fast three times. Most likely you will trip on your words, but that is nowhere near much of a problem when compared to what happens to you if you fall for this scam. The holiday season is a time when people are ordering...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 31, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Millions of people still use AOL and so scammers and identity thieves will often send out phishing emails that appear to come from AOL, such as the one reproduced below. The logo and format of this particular email that is presently circulating is a good counterfeit,...