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Have You Seen The Latest Round Of Phising Emails?

This morning I received an email from my hosting company—the one that is home to this blog and to some of my other sites. It seems there’s a new batch of phishing emails.
The subject line jumped out at me.  VERY URGENT spoof asking for your login details
It seems that a message went out to some of the [...]

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How Can You Identify An Email Scam?

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The internet has drawbacks and well as benefits. One benefit is that more people are learning to identify an email scam.
There has been a glut of hackings in the last 2 weeks. A server or servers must have been compromised. Google has a great forum that discusses this. You can learn a lot [...]

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How Can You Avoid An Email Scam?

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The scam email that was sent from my account has been around for a few years. It is called the Emergency in London Scam (at least in some circles).
Still, I was surprised at how many of my dear friends were taken in. (I really appreciate your concern.) I hope no one send the [...]

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