Posts Tagged ‘internet scams’
Scam: threatening email or contact-form spam from “Melissa”
Our standard maintenance plan includes one hour of consulting a month. In the last couple of days several maintenance clients have contacted me after receiving scary, threatening “copyright infringement” messages coming from their contact forms or other sources. Here’s one example. Note the suspicious elements. And here’s another, note the similar email address? Others I’ve…
Read MoreThe Feds just cracked down on a major “Tech Support” scam
You know those alarming “your computer is infected” popups you get when you visit seemingly un-related websites? The folks at Consumer Report’s Consumerist blog have some good news for inexperienced internet users Here’s a good rule of thumb: if a window pops up on your computer alerting you that your device has been compromised by…
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