Five Tips for Knowing that the “Forward this to your friends and get a free (fill in the blank)” E-mail is a Fake
If your email message offering a free laptop or any other product seems too good to be true, it probably is. Find out how you can tell the fakes from the real thing in emails and giveaways.
If you’ve had an e-mail account for more than 5 days and have e-mailed more than five friends, you’ve probably received an e-mail promising you that there is a free promotion for a free cell phone, free computer or free gift card such as a free Apple’s gift certificate or a free Gap gift card. Oh, if only you’ll forward this e-mail to seven or nine or some random number of e-mail buddies. As is usually the case, if it sounds too good to be true it is probably a fake.
10 Ways to Prevent Social Media Scams
We hear about a new Twitter phishing scam almost daily, whether it’s via direct messaging or a shortened URL. My spam folder is filled with emails from Facebook phishers, requesting new login credentials, or a “friend” who’s sending me a video that’s actually a virus.
Not too long ago, it was big news when someone had their Facebook account jacked by someone who impersonated the victim, claiming to have lost their wallet in the UK and begging for a money wire. Lately, I see another story about another victim every week.
Last time I checked, Facebook had more than 400 million users and Twitter has more than 50 million. These num
What are major securty problems that result from online shopping? (like identity theft)?
I’m doing a research paper about how the internet has effected shopping, and i need to know what contrary opinions are out there about it. So i thought security problems would be one, but i need more detail about it, or other opinions.
Survey Finds That Consumers Who Receive a Data Breach Notification are 4 Times More Likely To Suffer Identity Theft
A Javelin Strategies report published this week shows that if a consumer gets a data breach notification letter, they are four times more likely to suffer identity theft within the next year.
If I have suspicious that I am a victim of Identity Theft, what can I do?
I have recently done a background check on myself and have found an unknown name and address associated with my social security number.
What does this mean and what should I do? I assume it means that someone tried to use my social security number and their address to receive credit cards. But where do I go from here?