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To say that Internet scams are getting more difficult to spot is an understatement. This morning, I received an email notification from American Express about a fraud alert on my AmEx card. Problem is, I don’t have an AmEx card. Sorry fellas, wrong guy. There are a couple of things about this email that make […]
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This job sounds almost too good to be true. Who wouldn’t want to make some extra cash by doing what they’re going to do anyway? This is one of the latest scams on the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center’s (IC3) website. The scam begins when you see an online ad to earn money by letting […]
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Oh My God! I’m rich! Today I received an email from Mr. Fabro Morgan of the First National Bank of South Africa telling me that I’m going to receive $10 million for doing absolutely nothing other than sending him some personal information so he can transfer the money to me. I feel terrible that a […]
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The story begins much like the old joke, “A guy walks into a bar…” Except, in this case, the bar is a restaurant and the guy behind the bar is a waiter or waitress that looks perfectly wholesome and trustworthy. Unfortunately, your server has a camera phone or a sniffer and a friend who steals […]
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It’s oh-so-tempting. A free iPad. Win a thousand dollars just for responding. Help a child walk in some foreign country. What do these have in common? They can all be Internet scams and email scams.
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Yesterday was April Fool’s Day and, sure enough, someone tried to scam me with an email headline of “The UK Market Draw.” The email told me that over seven million United Kingdom Pounds had been rolled over from their first of the year drawing and that, low and behold, I’d been selected to receive it […]
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Con artists are incredibly resourceful. And what better time than the holidays to get really resourceful? Because the holidays also give the rest of us time to think about wonderful presents for others, this becomes a really great opportunity for those resourceful people. According to Bankrate.com, one popular present this holiday season is naming your […]
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Thoughts on climbing the Diamond Head trail during our 2019 trip to Hawaii.
