Category: Scams
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Lessons Of The Father… or things he should have taught you
A few weeks ago I heard a story on the radio about a man who lost over $40,000 to online scammers, and I was absolutely floored by how anyone could be taken in by such a scam. Please understand that online scammers are very good at what they do. If you are not actively expecting…
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When To Ignore vs. When To Act
** WARNING: This article contains explicit and disturbing subject matter and images. Before opening the article be aware, and do not do so if you may be sensitive to images of extreme violence. **DISCLOSURE: While I am contracted to Microsoft Corporation, I am not an employee. The articles that I write are not meant to…
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Am I Being Watched? Possible, unlikely…
I received this e-mail – apparently from myself – earlier this week. I have actually gotten many of these e-mails over the past few months. On the surface, my e-mail has obviously been hacked – after all, how else could the sender send an e-mail from my own account? Here’s the problem… it was not…
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Another Way To Scam You…
This morning I got this text message: There is only one problem: I do not now, nor (to the best of my recollection) have I ever banked with Scotiabank. Don’t look now folks, but the bad guys have found another way to try to steal your money. Text Message Phishing. This one is easily spotted.…
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Gone Phishing… NO!!!!
I remember the first time I got a phishing request from a bank. Not only was it a bank I had never done business with, I had in fact never heard of them. I looked into it, and sure enough they were a real bank… but that didn’t change the fact that I did not…
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Warning!
Wednesday morning I was sitting at my desk when a pop-up appeared on my screen. It was actually an Internet Explorer window, and although it was written entirely in Japanese, I suspected immediately that it was a scam, a fraud, malware, or something. Why? It had a very old Microsoft logo on it (from the…
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Same Scam, Different Source
Earlier this year I wrote an article for Oakville.com earlier this year on an on-line scam (Another Scam). I remembered it a few minutes ago when I got the same phishing e-mail from an aunt in California, who unfortunately got mugged on an unannounced surprise trip to Manila. Of course, my aunt is not in…
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Another Scam… and another article on Oakville.com
I have been a bad boy. I am usually a monthly columnist for www.Oakville.com, but of late I have been a little delinquent… deadlines being what they are, and I have to find the inspiration. I have, as a result, missed a couple of months. A few weeks ago I got an e-mail from a…
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This Is A Scam!
I knew something was fishy when the phone rang and the Call Display showed a call-back number of 666-035-3612 because, as we all know, 666 is the area code of the beast. I waited the five seconds for the auto-dialer system to connect me to a real operator. ‘Hello, my name is Gary from the…
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