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FTC Kills “MAKE MONEY FROM WEBSITES” Scam

mxw — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:52:33 +0000

An Own-Your-Own Website Business Opportunity where consumers would make money from links to major retailers was halted by the FTC. An operation that lured consumers into spending thousands of dollars for Internet websites and advertising by misrepresenting that they could … Continue reading →

Alleged Image Copyright Theft Scam is a Money Spinner

mxw — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:51:05 +0000

I got a comment recently on my blog about a scam that I was unaware of but which, after a small amount of research has made me boiling mad. First, some background The Internet is awash with images – mostly … Continue reading →

How do they make blog spam so hard to detect?

mxw — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:30:19 +0000

Anyone that has visited a blog or forum will have seen those vaguely annoying one line posts that are generally bad grammer and say nothing except what a great blog it is, how they’ll be back soon and to keep … Continue reading →

Don’t buy a vehicle from a “Curbstoner”

mxw — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:02:42 +0000

OK, so what, precisely, is a Curbstoner? Here’s some background: You know that place on your commute that always has a bunch of cars for sale? the patch of waste ground by the stoplights? That’s almost certainly a curbstone site. … Continue reading →

Best places in the US to get Scammed Online!

mxw — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:13:39 +0000

A report by Symantec (the somewhat self-interested PC Security company) has produced a report that lists the top ten places in the US to be scammed online. The nation’s capital, Washington DC, is top of the cybercrime rankings, mainly due … Continue reading →

Big Internet (Facebook, Google) gets serious about Email Scams.

mxw — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:16:28 +0000

And this time, they seem to be serious, joining together these powerhouses: * Big Internet: Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, LinkedIn etc. * Big Money (aka financial service providers): Bank of America, Fidelity Investments and PayPal. * Big Security: Agari, … Continue reading →

Fake ‘Scam’ Website to Educate Consumers.

mxw — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:09:24 +0000

A new initiative has been launched by the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) to educate consumers about the pitfalls of internet scams. They have recently launched an educational campaign that includes a fake ‘scam’ website. There … Continue reading →

Phishing Scam of the Day (PenFed)

mxw — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:20:00 +0000

We received an email today with the promise of a $50 credit to my Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) account if I completed a customer service survey. The “survey” was sent as an attached HTML (web page) file, which, when … Continue reading →