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The hotel phone call scam is back in business. A friend of mine just told me how her son received a phone call in the middle of the night while he was staying at a hotel. Sometime in…
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On Tuesday, April 8, Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the House Committee on the Judiciary to express concerns about the long-term viability of virtual currencies such as Bitcoin…
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It’s that time again—April. Those good old April showers bring May flowers. The days get a little warmer. The birds start to sing. And, yes, even the tax man starts to sing…
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Fake shipping notifications are nothing new. We’ll all seen them show up in our email. A couple of years ago when these first started showing up, these innovative scams were…
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On March 26, toyokeizai.net revealed a new mystery surrounding the Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange bankruptcy. The article revealed that 530,000 bitcoins had been withdrawn…
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Oddly enough, just when we thought phone scams might be going the way of eight-track tapes, they are making a comeback. Phone scam popularity faded for a while because email…
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Smartphone theft is reaching epidemic proportions. A Consumer Reports survey found that 1.6 million Americans had their smartphones stolen in 2012 alone, and in big cities…
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This past week I saw on Facebook where one of my friends had received a call that supposedly was from a company called “TechResolvers.” The caller claimed…
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On Monday, Mar. 10, the document, McAfee Labs Threat Report: Fourth Quarter 2013, was released. Included in that report was a listing of the retailers, such as Target, who were…
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I have to admit I know very little about Bitcoin. I do know it’s a digital currency and you can use it to buy stuff from others who accept it (more retailers are doing that now). Thanks to the February 2014 meltdown of…
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On the island of Lautoka, we went to an unusual visitor center. It’s actually also a village and there was a mix of architectural styles ranging from traditional to modern.
