Posts Tagged ‘common sense’

Scam Phone call

Jul

2012

Scams involving bogus telephone callers tricking users into divulging private information or parting with money for useless software are not new. However, it is worth reminding people of how the crooks are updating their tricks to better protect the innocent. We received some emails from our users telling us that they spoke with some guy […]

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It’s One Direction to Acai Berry Spam

Jun

2012

I wonder how many of the 3,836,220 followers Niall Horan of One Direction has on Twitter went and clicked the following link posted to his official feed a little earlier: Click to Enlarge “An amazing new weight loss product! It worked for me without dite changes!! [Spamlink removed]“ Maybe he could re-release “It wasn’t me” […]

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The Diablo No-No.

May

2012

Diablo 3 is kind of a big deal, and now that I’ve referenced both Guild Wars and Ron Burgundy in the opening sentence I’m content to move on and talk about some of the spam you can look forward to avoiding over the next few weeks. Case in point: Youtube, Spamblogs, dubious crack / keygen […]

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