Recently, Tim of BeThumbed PayPal account was hacked because of filling up a fake form which was purportedly sent by a Paypal staff. I’ve also received a similar e-mail, but I just ignored it. Good thing I was busy blogging at that time that I totally forgot about the e-mail. I also logged in directly to their website to read if similar announcement appeared in their “What’s New” section.
Paypal had been particular in securing their merchants’ accounts. They provided tips on how to protect your account.
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Anti-Spam, Blogging, Chain-E-mails, chain-letters, Computer, E-mail-Frauds, e-mail-viruses, How-To, Internet, Internet-Scams, Online-Tips, PayPal, Prevent-Spam, Spam, Spam-Filter, Tips
Here’s another one of those ‘phishing’ e-mail scams that should aware internet users, especially e-Gold members. Last week, I received an e-mail from the “account robot” of e-Gold telling me to update my account information because it was ‘outdated.’
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As celebration for their 10-year anniversary, Yahoo! Mail will offer unlimited mail storage capacity starting on May 2007 as announced on Tuesday.
The free version of Yahoo! Mail (basic), which is used by majority of users, offers only 1GB of storage and limited features such as the limited 10MB attachments. You need to upgrade to Yahoo! Mail plus to get more features you want including a “virtually unlimited” 2GB mail storage capacity and larger attachments.
Yahoo! Mail used to be the “giant” in mail industry but when Google started Gmail, millions have converted to it as their primary e-mail provider. This was due to the larger storage capacity - 2GB - and several other great features.
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Anti-Spam, Chain-E-mails, chain-letters, Computer, E-mail-Frauds, e-mail-viruses, Google, Internet, Spam-Filter, Web-Information
You won $500! Yahoo!® Mail congratulates you!, the subject of an e-mail I have received yesterday said. Attractive subject, isn’t it? Curious about it, I hurriedly open the e-mail, of course with excitement to see the price I have “won”. It’s $500 for God’s sake! Although, I was already suspecting that it was fraud.
The e-mail said that I was one of those “randomly” selected members who won $500. I was one of the 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from them, it says.
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Google, Internet, Tips
Chain-E-mails, chain-letters, E-mail-Frauds, Google, Internet, Safety-Tips, Spam, Spam-Filter, Tips
The primary way to prevent spam from getting into your inbox is knowing the ways that these e-mail harvesters get it. Most of the time, it would depend on the user’s activity.
E-mail harvesters can get your e-mail address:
1. Through your online profiles in message boards or forums. That’s why it’s always advisable to disguise your e-mail address. Some message boards offer an optional field for your fake e-mail address that will be displayed on your profiles. It is advisable that you utilize this field. Some also give you the option to display your e-mail address or not.
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You may have received an e-mail about an unusual way of delaying symptoms of a stroke patient by merely pricking his fingers. According to NY Times, e-mails containing this claim have been circulating recently, which might mislead people and result to delay of the treatment. The e-mail says:
“Help the victim sit up to prevent him from falling over,†the message states. “Then sterilize a needle and use it to prick the tip of the person’s finger. After a few minutes, the victim should regain consciousness.â€
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