By Krista on Mar 13, 2007 in Identity Theft, Privacy, Spam | 0 Comments
Apparently, it’s not that difficult to make $2-3 million through identity theft. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve undoubtedly received at least one email claiming to be from some wealthy Nigerian (or other foreign country) and offering you a sum of several millions of dollars if you’d only help them get the money out of the country. To do that, you must send them your bank information.
Not surprisingly, there are a lot of “opportunists” out there who give up their info in exchange for this possibility of wealth. These gullible saps soon become the victims of identity theft. Read the rest
By Krista on Mar 12, 2007 in Computers, Spam, Trends, Web 2.0 | 0 Comments
Did you know there was a grace period for sampling domain names before you buy? I didn’t until I read this article by Anick Jesdanun on Entrepreneurs Profiting from Free Domains.
I’m a bit of a domain junkie, in that I’ve purchased somewhere around 90 domain names, though I haven’t gotten into the domain resellers business yet. Admittedly, I have grand plans for all of them - if I ever get around to building the sites and writing the content. Read the rest
By Krista on Mar 11, 2007 in Legal, Spam | 0 Comments
If you’re anything like me, not a day goes by without receiving at least one stock tip via email. I’ve had days where I receive upwards of twenty of them within only a few minutes.
The point of the email is to convince you that this stock is so hot that you’d be stupid not to buy in. Since most sell for pennies a share, those people looking to get rich quick and cash in on easy profits snap up shares quickly. Read the rest
By Krista on Aug 29, 2006 in Identity Theft, Privacy, Security, Spam | 0 Comments
Phishing scammers are adding voice over IP (VoIP) technology to their mix and ensnaring victims over the phone. In phishing schemes, scammers send an email impersonating from Paypal or a high profile bank. They usually mention that your account is about to expire or they detected fraudulant activity and ask you to log into a site to correct the info. The site you are referred to looks just like Paypal’s or the bank’s website, but it’s not affiliated with the company. When you log in, you effectively hand over your username, password, and any other sensitive data you input directly to the scammer. Read the rest
By Krista on Jul 8, 2006 in Spam | 0 Comments
According to CipherTrust, who provides businesses with spam filters and runs the SpamArchive.org site, people still are clicking on spam. The New York Times reports their findings that spam promoting pornography is 280 times more effective in getting recipients to click on them as pharmacy spam - messages advertising drugs. Rolex watch spam comes in third.
“Successful spam is about impulse purchases,” said Francis deSouza, a vice president at Symantec, which makes antivirus software. “Things like home mortgages have a lower success rate than things you’d buy on impulse. Things like Viagra, porn.”
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