Each year during the holiday season fat men in red suits trimmed in white make appearances in parades, at malls, and on TV. Rumors about this man who is called by a variety of names including Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, or just Santa, abound. The interviews and research conducted for this “Christmas Day Exposé” look at whether this purported bringer of “good … [Read more...] about Christmas Day Exposé
Scrivenings
The Nigerian 419 scam is back
Earlier this week, I spoke to the Kiwanis Club of Lake San Marcos about how to stay safe from scams and cons. In that talk, we went over some of the different types of scams and, at one point, I talked briefly about what’s now called the Nigerian 419 scam (the name is derived from the section of the Nigerian Criminal Code that covers this type of fraud). Well wouldn’t you know … [Read more...] about The Nigerian 419 scam is back
The Next Big Thing
The Next Big Thing is a blog chain in which participating authors answer ten questions about their current work in progress or upcoming publications. A friend of mine, Susan Furlong-Bollinger tagged me in this ongoing blog chain. You can stop by the Books Gone Viral blog at booksgoneviral.blogspot.com and learn about her forthcoming cozy mystery “Murder for Bid.” You can also … [Read more...] about The Next Big Thing
LinkedIn Email Scam
I just fell for this one because I saw a name I recognized as well as the formatting was nearly perfect. I didn't notice that the message came into the wrong email address, but today there's an email scam that supposedly is coming from LinkedIn to tell you about messages in your inbox. If you click on the link in the email, it will take you to a page that is not on LinkedIn. I … [Read more...] about LinkedIn Email Scam
ADP latest corporate victim of email scams
On Nov. 15, an email scam resurfaced that was first reported earlier this year. The email was supposedly from ADP, a business-to-business solution provider and references “ADP Funding Notification - Debit Draft.”The version of the email received on Nov. 15 reads: “Your Transaction Report(s) have been uploaded to the web site.” It then lists an invalid email address on the … [Read more...] about ADP latest corporate victim of email scams