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Scammers: They really need to try something new

February 16, 2010 By 4 Comments
Dirty Scammer

Happy Tuesday !!!   Unless you are not reading this on a Tuesday. In  which case I would say,   " Happy   ________day!!"   So, this morning  I opened up my e-mail and was treated to another ...  (*dum dum duuummm*) E-mail, scam attempt!!!  (I feel like there should be lightning strikes and thunder when I say that) Not that I want anyone to get "taken in" by these foul creatures, I just think they need to have a little more ingenuity...  A little more creativity...  COME UP WITH … [Read more...]

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Scam attempts: Aren’t they cute?

November 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Howdy all! I hope all is well for everyone this fine day! Today, I got a fresh scan attempt in my e-mail.  This one is interesting in that fact that  it abandons the old  "Hey, I'm in another country and my pop died and I need to funnel his money out..." route.  This is attempting to lure you in by embracing the whole "random internet user" thing... In fact it addressees  it's opening remarks to "Internet User"... Is this supposed to give you a sense of security?  I don't know but, … [Read more...]

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Another Scam Attempt

October 12, 2009 By 1 Comment

Hi all!  Got another scam attempt in "Ye Ole" e-mail today.  Now this one is pretty obvious but,  I thought I would go ahead and post it in one more attempt to thwart the evil doings of these stinking Scammers.  As always,  if you get this e-mail (or anything that resembles this e-mail)  delete it!!  Do not respond, do not pass go,  send it straight to your "deleted items folder" . 49, Featherstone Street, LONDON, EC 1Y 8SY UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: + 44 703 194 6790 Fax: 44 207 … [Read more...]

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Email Scam: Taking the Military Tact

August 29, 2009 By 6 Comments

Oh You... Spammers! It's amazing the tactics that these Spammers go through to try and steal money from you.  This one is attempting to target our Patriotic feelings by claiming to be coming from an America Soldier. Hello friend, My name is Scott Whittington, I am an American soldier, I am serving in the military with the 1st Armored Division in Iraq , as you know we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs.We managed to move part of funds belonging to Saddam Hussein's … [Read more...]

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Uninstall Trend Micro Officescan without a Password

August 18, 2009 By 19 Comments

Ran into a slight problem today.  I had to add a couple of older computers to a  new Domain.  Pretty easy to do normally but these workstations had a version of Trend Micro's Officescan from their previous domain that needed to be removed so that the new version could be installed. I couldn't just uninstall the client (which would be the best solution) as that requires a password and no one in the office could remember the old password.  (As a side note, when you install network versions … [Read more...]

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Got an iPhone? Better turn it off!

July 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
iPhone-viri

I just followed a tweet over to Mashable and read another article about the latest Apple security flaw. This time affecting the iPhone. Cybersecurity researchers, Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner, have identified a vulnerability in the iPhone OS that will allow an attacker to take control of the Phone via a SMS message.  They have, supposedly, notified Apple more than a month ago about this vulnerability, but  the company still hasn’t released a patch. The two plan to publicize the … [Read more...]

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Spam: It is inventive.

June 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Here is the latest Scam e-mail I've gotten.  Don't be fooled! This is a scam! This e-mail came to one of my e-mail accounts today from different senders and IP addresses but the machine sending names were the same. AND, the content was identical. It looks as though some has a mass-mailer sitting on their machine. Just a reminder to make sure your updates are current!! Here are the mail headers: 1st: Received: from xxxxxxxx; Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:05:55 -0400 Received: from … [Read more...]

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