What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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A friend of mine shared with me this text message she received on her mobile phone: from 404-754-1874 "You have been selected for a $1,000 Walmart GiftCard, Enter code "FREE" at [link removed] to claim your prize: 161 left!" I removed the link for security reasons but it clearly had the makings of what appeared to be www.walmart.com. But it wasn't. Instead there were additional characters after the walmart.com that revealed the true location of the website. The thing is most people just see the walmart.com part and come to the conclusion that it must be safe. That's exactly what… Continue reading...
I guess the tides have officially turned and chain mail spammers and scammers have given up on Microsoft as witnessed by this email I received today: These same types of people used to try and convince us that Bill Gates was giving away free trips to Disney World. But I guess that's not edgy and current enough any more so now it's Mark Zuckerberg's turn. Please listen to me. Mark Zuckerberg is not giving away free iPhones or iPads. And his email address is not //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == ' ') document.write("&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";"); else document.write(unescape(l[i])); } //]]> .… Continue reading...
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Look what showed up in my email inbox: If this was in your email inbox, what would you do? Give yourself 10 points if you answered delete it or report it as spam. Deduct 10 points if you answered click on the link to find out who would say such a thing about you on Facebook. By the way, I apologize if I offend anyone because I did not blur out the four-letter word in the email image above but I think it's important to see the original email as it was received so we can all learn to identify… Continue reading...
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I'm going to start featuring popular spam emails on my blog in an effort to educate noobies on how to identify spam. First up is one that is circulating right now with a subject similar to this: Your Tax Payment ID 38149474 is failed. The number (in this case, 38149474) is different in each email sent out so if you are lucky enough to receive more than one of these emails, that should be your first clue that the email is not legitimate. In other words, if your inbox looks like the image below, don't give it a second thought.… Continue reading...
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The evil people who create viruses will stop at nothing to trick you. Take this email that I received today: Dear client Your package has arrived. The tracking# is : 1Z45AR990283682749 and can be used at : http://www.ups.com/tracking/tracking.html The shipping invoice can be downloaded from : http://www.ups.com/tracking/invoices/download.aspx?invoice_id=3483273 Thank you, United Parcel Service *** This is an automatically generated email, please do not reply *** What to look for Let's look at the warning signals that tell you this email is up to no good: I wasn't expecting any package and there was no actual package delivered to my house. The… Continue reading...
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