By phil on October 24, 2009
Photo by: Ricky David
First it was J.P. Morgan Chase then it was eBay and now Paypal!
When is it going to stop?
Do these phishing emails really work?
Do people actually click on a link that look like this:
http://rolexwatches2.com/images/.www.paypal.com/
If you would consider clicking on a link like that can you tell me why? Why would you think that [...]
Posted in Phishing, Security, Tech, Warnings
By phil on January 25, 2009
UPDATE 1/26/2009 -
Visit: iPetitions.com, savecfcinhalers.org
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In case you didn’t know as of December 31, 2008 you can no longer buy any prescription inhalers that use CFCs to eject the medicine. The FDA is also expected to phase out the over the counter (OTC) asthma medicine that uses [...]
Posted in Me, Thoughts, Warnings
By phil on January 31, 2008
Just like the post I made about Bank Phishing, today I received an email supposedly from eBay requesting to change my registration information. Well of course if you read my post from the other day you already know that I am very aware of spoofed emails that are phishing for personal login information.
Guess what? [...]
Posted in Phishing, Security, Tech, Warnings
By phil on January 29, 2008
Today I received and email from what appeared to be J.P. Morgan Chase which if you don’t know is a very well known bank. The email looked official and actually would lead you to believe that it came from Chase.
Have a look at a screenshot of the email (click to enlarge):
Looks pretty good except for [...]
Posted in Phishing, Security, Tech, Warnings
By phil on July 19, 2007
Well it appears that I have no phone service because on Monday Sunrocket an internet phone company decided they no longer want to be in business. See this NY Times article. I had paid a years subscription in February and thought all was fine, I had not heard any news that they were in trouble, [...]
Posted in Tech, Warnings
By phil on November 3, 2006
If you have young children, please do not let them use the Magic Eraser Sponge. My friend over a Kerflop has posted a story about what happened to her young son after wiping his face with one of these sponges.
“If I had known that both brands (and others like them) contain a harmful alkaline or [...]
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