Tag: Spam
Why Is My Email Going to Spam or Disappearing in Hotmail, Outlook and MS Live? This May Be Why
If you are wondering why your email is going to spam, or not arriving at all, in Hotmail, Outlook or Microsoft Live, whether you mean the email you are receiving in your Hotmail or Outlook account, or the email that you are sending to Hotmail or Outlook, this may be why, especially if it just started happening.
Don’t Fall for the Costco Survey Scam!
Millions of people are receiving the Costco survey reward email scam, with Costco survey rewards of “up to $100” promised. Others get email promising a “Costco survey free gift”. They are all scams, don’t fall for them!
No GoDaddy Did NOT Have a ‘Massive Power Outage’ Today – Do Not Respond to this Phishing Email!
GoDaddy customers got email ‘from’ GoDaddy (really from info@ed-vision.com), about a massive power failure, with links to click. Don’t do it!
If You Get a Text Message or Phone Call about a Package Delivery Do NOT Click on the Link!
By now you know a lot about spam emails, and if you are like the average Internet user you are quite wary about them. But now fraudsters are changing tactics and sending text and email messages that look real by posing as package delivery or shipping delivery companies. Since scammers…
You May Be Missing Private Messages on Facebook If You Aren’t Looking in These Two Places
Did you know that you have three separate message inboxes on Facebook? And that Facebook only notifies you about messages in one of them?
Gmail’s Spam Problem and What You Can Do About It
Google’s Gmail has been hailed as one of the best free email services around the world. Gmail has great security features, including 2-step authentication that provides industry-standard protection against hackers. In addition, it has robust spam filters, which will send all your bad incoming mail to the spam folder.
How to Report Spam Coming from Gmail to Gmail and Google
Spammers love sending spam from Gmail. If you are getting spam from a Gmail account, here’s how to report that spam to Gmail and Google.
Facebook Bug Causing Legitimate Posts to be Marked as Spam
Facebook is marking legitimate posts as spam, especially Coronavirus posts, due to a bug in Facebook’s anti-spam software.
The Netflix Text Message Scam
If you have received a text message claiming to be from Netflix, and telling you that “We have a new policy in place, please visit and review today”, along with a link and, possibly, a random set of characters in parenthesis such as “(ybpldcjyop)”, it is definitely a scam, do NOT click on it! The text message may also appear to come from phone number 141-010-0001 or just 410100001, but even if it comes from another number, it is definitely a scam.
New “NOTIFICATION – Storage Full” Phishing Spam – Don’t Be Fooled!
If you’ve received an email with the subject “NOTIFICATION – Storage Full” (it may also have your email address in the subject), or an email which comes from, apparently, noreply@pres.serverhome.com, don’t open it! It’s a phishing scam trying to scam you out of your personal information!
How to Stop Evite Email Spam (or as They Refer to Them Evite Notifications)
If you have ever been on the receiving end of an Evite invitation, you know that once your ‘friend’ gives your email address to Evite (almost always without asking you first) you will receive an endless stream of spam (it’s spam because you did not request it, let along give them permission to put your email address on their mailing list) from Evite, seemingly with no way to opt out of it (making it a violation of Federal law, but apparently Evite doesn’t care about that). Here is out to opt out of Evite notifications and other Evite spam.
Do NOT Open Link in Unexpected Email with Google Docs Link Button!
There is an evil new phishing spam going around that is using Google Docs to do its dirty work. The subject is along the lines of “(Someone) has shared a document on Google Docs with you” – in many of the samples it is ‘Brett Schager has shared a document on Google Docs with you.” Many of the samples are also sent “to” hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh@mailinator.com (you receive it because you are in the bcc: field).
Got a Paypal Message from text-pp.com-servicesupport@lsg.org? DON’T CLICK ON IT!
If you received a text message or email telling you that “Account might be blocked for your security!” DON’T click on any link or respond to it! The spam message comes from text-pp.com-servicesupport@lsg.org, which should be a tip-off, but in case you’re not sure, it’s a scam!
Do NOT Open Email Links from gcromwell@thomaskeller.com
A new malware scam is hitting email inboxes. The email sample that we have comes from an email address at thomaskeller.com (ours is specifically from gcromwell@thomaskeller.com), and claims to have received an invoice from your company. They even include your company name in the email, making it seem more legit. But it isn’t.
Getting Calendar Invitation Spam on Your Apple Device? Here’s How to Stop It
If you have started receiving spam iCal calendar invitations on your iPad or iPhone or Mac, you’re not alone. This is because of some change that Apple has made allowing spammers to send you ‘in-app’ iCal invitations for calendar events. Here’s how to turn that off.