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By now you probably know better than to click or tap on links in emails because that’s one of the easiest ways to infect your device with a virus.
After all, once you click a link and visit an infected website, the damage is done.
Well, the same thing is now happening on smartphones as well, only the malware is being spread via text messages. [Read more…]
I often write about the need to carefully evaluate the search results you are given in response to your web searches.
In short, you can’t blindly trust what pops up when you search for something, especially if your query was financial in nature.
This recent news report shines a bright spotlight on this danger.
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Well, the Facebook scammers are at it again (as if they ever stop).
This time they’re out to take control of your Facebook account by tricking you into helping them change the password so they can log in to it.
I’ve received several requests for help from readers who had their accounts hijacked via this scam, and unfortunately there was nothing I could do to help in most of those situations.
As usual, there are several variations of this scam, but most of them go something like this: [Read more…]
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As you probably know, scammers are coming at you from every direction these days.
I try my best to keep everyone up-to-date on the latest scams that are making the rounds, and there’s a very dangerous recurring scam involving gift cards and debit cards that a lot of kind-hearted individuals are falling for yet again this year.
As usual, there are several variations of this scam but they all depend on the scammer gaining the victim’s trust over time. [Read more…]
Question from Sue: Yesterday I started getting emails from several websites that I mostly infrequently use or don’t use at all, such as Microsoft, Walmart, and Instagram.
But now I’ve received two more emails from two websites (AirBnB and eBay) that I DO use.
These emails were all in regard to resetting my password – either the password was already changed or a request to change it.
I’m confused about what’s going on and what I need to do?